: used against or tending to arrest or prevent cancer
anticancer drugs
anticancer activity
anticancer effects
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Some early research shows that fisetin, a flavonoid found in cucumbers, may have some anticancer properties.
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Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
Decades ago, a US pharmaceutical company developed anticancer drugs with the help of a plant from Madagascar called the rosy periwinkle; the company didn’t share its profits with the people of Madagascar.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 20 Sep. 2024
Yancey was a part of a team of researchers at the University of Michigan that is scavenging for antibiotics and anticancer drugs in Lake Erie’s harmful algae blooms.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
Launched by the Animal Cancer Foundation in December 2017, the canine project will map the mutational landscape of canine cancers and place these genomic data in the public domain with the intent of accelerating anticancer drug discovery that will benefit both pets and people.
—David J. Waters, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
Starved of oxygen and spared from attacks by anticancer agents, malignant cells in many parts of the tumor proliferate and may even become more aggressive.
—Ricki Rusting, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2014
If reducing compression turns out to enhance the effectiveness of anticancer drugs in matrix-rich tumors in humans, the technique could, in principle, also help doctors to determine which patients might be good candidates for receiving matrix-depleting agents, along with more standard treatments.
—Ricki Rusting, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2014
Researchers are evaluating the anticancer effects of two malaria drugs, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, that block the final steps of autophagy.
—Justin Quiles, The Conversation, 8 Feb. 2023
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center even recognizes its ability to have both anti-inflammatory and anticancer effects.
—Chrissy Rutherford, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Aug. 2019
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Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
Decades ago, a US pharmaceutical company developed anticancer drugs with the help of a plant from Madagascar called the rosy periwinkle; the company didn’t share its profits with the people of Madagascar.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 20 Sep. 2024
Yancey was a part of a team of researchers at the University of Michigan that is scavenging for antibiotics and anticancer drugs in Lake Erie’s harmful algae blooms.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
Launched by the Animal Cancer Foundation in December 2017, the canine project will map the mutational landscape of canine cancers and place these genomic data in the public domain with the intent of accelerating anticancer drug discovery that will benefit both pets and people.
—David J. Waters, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
Starved of oxygen and spared from attacks by anticancer agents, malignant cells in many parts of the tumor proliferate and may even become more aggressive.
—Ricki Rusting, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2014
If reducing compression turns out to enhance the effectiveness of anticancer drugs in matrix-rich tumors in humans, the technique could, in principle, also help doctors to determine which patients might be good candidates for receiving matrix-depleting agents, along with more standard treatments.
—Ricki Rusting, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2014
Researchers are evaluating the anticancer effects of two malaria drugs, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, that block the final steps of autophagy.
—Justin Quiles, The Conversation, 8 Feb. 2023
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center even recognizes its ability to have both anti-inflammatory and anticancer effects.
—Chrissy Rutherford, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Aug. 2019
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“Anticancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anticancer. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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anticancer
adjective
an·ti·can·cer
ˌant-i-ˈkan(t)-sər, ˌan-ˌtī- 
: used or effective against cancer
anticancer drugs
anticancer activity
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