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antineoplastic

DEFINITIONS OF: antineoplastic

n 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

Synonyms:: antineoplastic drug, cancer drug

Types:: show 18 types...; hide 18 types...; 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; Elspar, asparaginase
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; Leukeran, chlorambucil
an alkalating agent (trade name Leukeran) used to treat some kinds of cancer; fluorouracil
an antimetabolite used to treat certain cancers; Purinethol, mercaptopurine
a drug (trade name Purinethol) that interferes with the metabolism of purine and is used to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia; amethopterin, methotrexate, methotrexate sodium
toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis; Mithracin, mithramycin
an antineoplastic drug (trade name Mithracin) used to treat cancer of the testes; Velban, vinblastine
periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Velban) that disrupts cell division; Oncovin, vincristine
periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Oncovin); used to treat cancer of the lymphatic system

Type of:: cytotoxic drug
any drug that has a toxic effect on cells; commonly used in chemotherapy to inhibit the proliferation of cancerous cells

adj used in the treatment of cancer

“an antineoplastic effect”

Synonyms:: anticancer, antitumor, antitumour

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