Antineoplastic
Of cytotoxic drug. May also be referred to as antineoplastic drug and cancer drug.
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.
This concept's ID is @1~14393
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- antimetabolite
An antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite.
- periwinkle plant derivative
An antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer.
- antineoplastic antibiotic
An antibiotic drug used as an antineoplastic in chemotherapy.
- alkylating agent
An antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer.
- thioguanine
An antineoplastic drug used to treat acute leukemias.
- thiotepa
An antineoplastic drug used to treat certain malignancies.
- floxuridine
Antineoplastic drug used to treat some cancers; can cause loss of hair.
- melphalan
Antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other...
- lomustine
An antineoplastic drug often used to treat brain tumors or Hodgkin's disease.
- procarbazine
An antineoplastic drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease.
- asparaginase
Antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leuk...