antineoplastic

Adjective
  1. Used in the treatment of cancer (synset 302639827)
    "anticancer drug"; "an antineoplastic effect"
    same as: anticancer, antitumor, antitumour
Noun
  1. Any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells;
    Used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells;
    All have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function (synset 102725383)
    is a type of: cytotoxic drug - any drug that has a toxic effect on cells; commonly used in chemotherapy to inhibit the proliferation of cancerous cells
    subtypes:
    • alkylating agent - an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer
    • antimetabolite - an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite
    • antineoplastic antibiotic - an antibiotic drug used as an antineoplastic in chemotherapy
    • asparaginase, elspar - antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia
    • floxuridine - antineoplastic drug used to treat some cancers; can cause loss of hair
    • lomustine - an antineoplastic drug often used to treat brain tumors or Hodgkin's disease
    • alkeran, melphalan - antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other malignancies
    • periwinkle plant derivative - an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer
    • procarbazine - an antineoplastic drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease
    • thioguanine - an antineoplastic drug used to treat acute leukemias
    • thiotepa - an antineoplastic drug used to treat certain malignancies
    same as: antineoplastic drug, cancer drug

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