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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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The Rarer Cancers Foundation says there is currently a cross-border divide in access to cancer treatment with people in Wales four times less likely to receive a newer cancer drug on the NHS than people in England.

Cameron calls for Welsh cancer drugs fund

They conclude that people in Wales are five times less likely to gain access to a cancer drug, which is not routinely available, than people in England.

Opponents of cancer drug fund 'just plain ignorant' Policy doesn't hurt the NHS, says minister

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KINEXUS VALIDATES PLK1 AS CANCER DRUG TARGET

presented promising new data from trials of its prostate cancer drug to doctors attending the American Society of Clinical Oncology on Tuesday.

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We're the first to find that this agent can be used as a cancer drug.

Stopping coughs ... and cancer?

Horovitz said he did not mean to imply that Taxol would be the highest-priced cancer drug, but rather that it was the most costly to develop.

Looting the medicine chest: how Bristol-Myers Squibb made off with the public's cancer research

PATIENTS in Wales are more than four times less likely to receive a newer cancer drug on the NHS than people in England, it has been claimed.

Welsh cancer patients 'losing out' to neighbours on drugs; PIONEERING TREATMENT MORE LIKELY TO BE GIVEN IN ENGLAND

The North of England Cancer Drug Approvals Group has agreed a drug called Plerixafor should be made available for patients with lymphoma and myeloma who, using other treatments, have not been able to harvest stem cells which is necessary before a transplant.

Cancer boost

TCS Onco TCS is a proprietary drug comprised of the widely used off-patent cancer drug vincristine encapsulated in INEX's TCS (liposomal) drug delivery technology.

ENZON/INEX SIGN COMMERCIALIZATION PACT FOR ONCOLOGY DRUG ONCO TCS

Tamoxifen for older women is already saving more lives than any other cancer drug, but most of the young breast cancer patients who need Tamoxifen are not getting it.

BREAST CANCER DRUG AIDS WIDE AGE RANGE

The patients take either a natural or a synthetic retinoid and no other cancer drug.

Power foods: looking at how nutrients may fight cancer

com/research/7q489w/global_brain_cance) has announced the addition of the "Global Brain Cancer Drug Pipeline Capsule - 2012" report to their offering.