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Cancer Drug

Definition: Cancer Drug

Cancer Drug

Noun

1. 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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Cancer Drug

Synonyms: antineoplastic (n), antineoplastic drug (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Cancer Drug

English words defined with "cancer drug": alkalating agentmagic bullet, Mithracin, mithramycinOncovinperiwinkle plant derivativevincristine. (references)
Specialty definitions using "cancer drug": alendronate sodium, anetholtrithione, Aphidicolin, atamestane, augmerosenbcl-2 antisense oligodeoxynucleotide G3139, bexarotene, BIBX 1382, broxuridineCCI-779, cetuximab, chemotherapeutic agent, Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, CI-994, clodronate, crisnatol mesylate, CT-2584, cyclosporinedehydroepiandrosterone, DHEA, diaziquone, differentiating agent, difluoromethylornithine, DTGM fusion proteinE7070, ecteinascidin 743, EF5, etidronate, exisulindfareston, flt3Lgallium nitrateholmium Ho 166 DOTMP, hu14.18-interleukin-2 fusion proteinICI 182780, IDEC-Y2B8 monoclonal antibody, indole-3-carbinol, Infusions, Intra-Arterialkarenitecin, KRN7000L-778,123, levamisole, LU 79553N-acetyl cysteineoltiprazP-30 protein, perillyl alcohol, phenylacetate, photosensitizer, PNU 166148, porfimer sodiumR115777, Ro 31-7453SR-45023A, SR49059, staurosporineT138067, temoporfin, tin ethyl etiopurpurin, TNP-470, toremifene, TPA, trimetrexate glucuronate, troglitazonevenlafaxine, VX 853, VX-710zoledronate. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Cancer Drug

DomainTitle

Books

  • Cox-2 Inhibitors in Cancer Prevention and Therapy (Cancer Drug Discovery and Development) (reference)

  • Targets for Cancer Chemotherapy: Transcription Factors and Other Nuclear Proteins (Cancer Drug Discovery and Development) (reference)

  • Oncogene-Directed Therapies, Cancer Drug Discovery & Development Ser (Cancer Drug Discovery and Development) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Cancer Drug

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

As promptly as possible, we notify the cancer community about FDA's approval of a new cancer drug, biologic or device. (references)

We know that recruitment of patients into cancer clinical trials is often the rate-limiting factor in cancer drug development. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cancer Drug

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

cancer drug

213

prostate cancer drug

15

cancer drug non toxic

7

cancer drug experimental

6

pancreatic cancer drug

3

liver cancer drug

3

prostrate cancer drug

2

cancer drug statin

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Cancer Drug

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-e-g-n-r-r-u"

-2 letters: grandeur, ungraced.

-3 letters: accrued, durance, gnarred, grander, guarder, gurnard, uncaged.

-4 letters: accrue, argued, arguer, augend, cadger, cancer, cangue, carder, cedarn, craned, cruder, curare, curran, curred, dancer, danger, darner, errand, gander, garden, garner, garred, gerund, graced, grader, nacred, nudger, ranged, ranger, regard, unaged, uncage, unread.

-5 letters: acned, acred, adunc, anger, arced, argue, auger, cadge, cadre, caged, cager, caned, caner, cared, carer, cedar, crane, crude, crura, cured, curer, dance, darer, denar, drear, dunce, durra, genua, gnarr, grace, grade, grand, guard, nacre, nuder, nudge, raced, racer, raged, rance, range, rared, recur, redan, regna, reran, rerun, ruder, rugae, under, urare, urged, urger.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-c-d-e-g-n-r-r-u"
 

+4 letters: countercharged.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Cancer Drug


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 61 6E 63 65 72      44 72 75 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 01110010 00100000 01000100 01110010 01110101 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#97 &#110 &#99 &#101 &#114 &#32 &#68 &#114 &#117 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0061 006E 0063 0065 0072      0044 0072 0075 0067

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

376780697184238848773

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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