anti-cancer drug

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drug
noun[C]
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/drʌɡ/us
/drʌɡ/
any natural or artificially made chemical that is used as ...
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Studies have shown that it acts as ananti-cancerdrugwith both colorectal and ovarian tumours.
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A variety of mixed amido-alkoxo derivatives are known, one medically significant example being theanti-cancerdrugcyclophosphamide.
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In studies on the cells anotheranti-cancerdrug, rapamycin, caused removal of progerin from the nuclear membrane through autophagy.
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It once was of interest as ananti-cancerdrug.
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The three-year project tested the effectiveness of ananti-cancerdrugon 100 patients with colon cancer.
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First of all, endogenous endostatin has been described as the least toxicanti-cancerdrugin mice.
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A high number of white cells in the blood indicates leukemia, so a newanti-cancerdrughad been discovered.
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Theanti-cancerdrugimatinib has recently been shown to reverse the graying process.
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While both uracil and 5-fluorouracil are colourless, high-melting crystalline solids, the organofluorine is a potentanti-cancerdrug.
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No thionin has yet been developed into ananti-cancerdrug.
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Within this pathway there are many valuableanti-cancerdrugtreatment targets and for this reason it has been subject to a lot of research in recent years.
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Further research resulted in the development and patenting of two extremely effective anti-cancer drugs.
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As such, they are often used to assess the efficacy of new anti-cancer drugs and treatment therapies.
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Information on the cost of general practitioner prescribed anti-cancer drugs could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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One of the biggest issues for the health service is the availability and development of anti-cancer drugs and how to cope with their cost.
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We have been looking at anti-cancer drugs that were first launched in 1994.
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The process of humanization is usually applied to monoclonal antibodies developed for administration to humans (for example, antibodies developed as anti-cancer drugs).
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