Definition of anticancer in English:
anticancer
adjectiveantɪˈkansəˌanˌtīˈkansər
Used in the treatment of cancer.
Example sentencesExamples
- The blood test could identify certain chromosomal changes that guide physicians to prescribe certain anticancer drugs.
- His rheumatologist then prescribed methotrexate, an anti-cancer drug that at low doses can send juvenile arthritis into remission.
- These anti-cancer drugs are actually cytotoxins, or ' cell-killing drugs ' which do not differentiate between good and bad cells.
- Perhaps no surprise, one of the recent bright spots in anticancer efforts has been the HPV vaccine.
- Although previous studies have suggested nuts may have anti-cancer properties when eaten as part of a healthy diet, the evidence remains inconclusive.
- The unit is licensed by the MHRA to develop and manufacture biological anticancer agents for use in early phase clinical trials.
- According to the clinic, there are a number of options, including chemotherapy and other anticancer drugs, corticosteroids, stem cell transplantation, and radiation.
- The mechanism of senescence - or premature cell aging - can have an anticancer effect.
- Moon's research included a study on alcoholic liver disease and another on an anticancer plant substance
- New therapeutic strategies are now urgently needed to reinforce anticancer immune responses and to complement existing treatments.