anti-tumoural
adjective
UK(alsoantitumoural);(USanti-tumoral)uk/ˌæn.tiˈtʃuː.mər.əl/us/ˌæn.taɪˈtuː.mɚ.əl/used totreatorworkingagainst atumour(= amassofdiseasedcellsin thebody):
Themoleculesstimulateanti-tumouralactivitywithin thebody.
Certaintypesofsnakevenomhave antitumouralproperties.
- In lymphomas, corticosteroids mayexertan antitumouralactivity.
- Studies haveshownthat thebacteriumshowsadirectantitumouralactivityoncancercells.
- Thisstudyinvestigatesthe antitumouraleffectsofmangoleafextracts.
- These wereshownto be anti-tumoural instomach, colorectal andmelanomatumours.
Cancer
- acinic cell carcinoma
- acral lentiginous melanoma
- aggressive
- aggressively
- aggressiveness
- brachytherapy
- brain tumour
- cancerous
- carcinogen
- carcinogenesis
- carcinogenic
- carcinoid
- inoperable
- metastatic
- myeloma
- neoplasia
- neoplasm
- neoplastic
- oncogene
- sarcoma
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