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Noun

cancer drug - 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

antineoplastic, antineoplastic drug

alkylating agent - an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer

antimetabolite - an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite

antineoplastic antibiotic - an antibiotic drug used as an antineoplastic in chemotherapy

asparaginase, Elspar - antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia

cytotoxic drug - any drug that has a toxic effect on cells; commonly used in chemotherapy to inhibit the proliferation of cancerous cells

floxuridine - antineoplastic drug used to treat some cancers; can cause loss of hair

lomustine - an antineoplastic drug often used to treat brain tumors or Hodgkin's disease

Alkeran, melphalan - antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other malignancies

periwinkle plant derivative - an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer

procarbazine - an antineoplastic drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease

thioguanine - an antineoplastic drug used to treat acute leukemias

thiotepa - an antineoplastic drug used to treat certain malignancies

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What happens when the PS100,000 runs out?" Aviva Health's medical director Dr Doug Wright said: "The NHS do a brilliant job of offering an extensive range of cancer services but financial pressures mean they simply cannot fund every cancer drug that is available.

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Most oncologists agree that the government should have control over drug prices, and more use of cost-effectiveness data is required for decision-making about cancer drug coverage.

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"The decision means that, for the first time, an effective breast cancer drug will be available in Wales and Scotland but not in England."

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The researchers, led by Mariana Medina-Sanchez, Mariana packaged a common cancer drug, doxorubicin, into bovine sperm cells and outfitted them with tiny magnetic harnesses.

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But Ahmad views a strong launch of the prostrate cancer drug as critical, given a slower-than-expected ovarian cancer drug launch and the prostate cancer drug has been the biggest driver of Bank of America's model on Clovis.

AstraZeneca Success On Prostate Cancer Drug Lowers Enthusiasm For Clovis

"I set up the Pamela Northcott Fund in 2007 after my mum Pamela was refused a new cancer drug", she explained.

If I can stop one more person going through what I'm going through then I'll be happy

And in the meantime, will there be a run on the natural source, as there was on the Pacific yew tree, a source of a cancer drug (see SW 4/17/92, p.

Green gold

M2 PHARMA-March 6, 2017-India's drug pricing regulator cuts cancer drug prices by up to 86%

India's drug pricing regulator cuts cancer drug prices by up to 86%

M2 EQUITYBITES-January 26, 2017-NICE approves Novartis kidney cancer drug for NHS use

NICE approves Novartis kidney cancer drug for NHS use

"We're the first to find that this agent can be used as a cancer drug. A lot of companies are contacting us," says Keqiang Ye of the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.