cancer drugs
Oncology pharmaceutical agents
Cancer drugs are medications used to treat cancer, including chemotherapy agents that kill rapidly dividing cells, targeted therapies that attack specific molecular features of tumors, immunotherapies that help the body's immune system fight cancer, and hormone therapies that block cancer-promoting hormones.
The term covers both traditional cytotoxic drugs and newer precision treatments: The cancer drugs made her nauseous but shrank the tumor significantly.
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
- tumorAbnormal tissue mass
- remissionTemporary disease absence
- clinical trialHuman subject research experiment
infusion · chemo port · radiation · metastasis · targeted therapy · immunotherapy · side effects · nausea · hair loss · port · IV drip · biopsy · malignant · pharmaceutical · treatment · dosage · white blood cells · survivor
- Medicinespill, tablet, aspirin, tablets, penicillin
- oncologytumor, carcinoma, metastasis, malignancy, oncogene
- pharmaceuticalsanalgesics, medicines, anesthetics, pills, acetaminophen
- cancer treatmentchemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy
- biopharmabiopharmaceuticals, biologics, biotech, therapeutics, gene therapy
- FDA regulationFDA, medical devices, food labeling, food additives, dietary supplements
cancer drugscancer vaccines
Injections stimulating tumor immunity
immunizations · preventive medicine · screening programs · HPV vaccine · vitamins
cancer drugsantibiotics
Bacteria-destroying medicines
antivirals · antifungals · anti-inflammatory drugs · immunosuppressants
cancer drugscarcinogens
Substances promoting tumor growth
mutagens · growth factors · anabolic steroids · fertility drugs · growth hormones
cancer, cancers, cancerous, drug, drugs, drugged, drugging, druggy