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ANTI-CANCER DRUG [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Cancers and Oncology
DEF

Any drug that kills cancer cells or inhibits their proliferation.

CONT

For specific anticancer drug testing, clonogenic and dye exclusion assays in vitro have been applied with increasing success.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Cancers et oncologie
CONT

Un médicament anticancéreux est destiné à lutter contre le cancer quel qu'en soit le mécanisme. Il peut détruire les cellules malignes, ou stopper cette croissance, ou encore aider l'organisme à s'en débarrasser plus efficacement.

OBS

médicament anti-cancéreux; anti-cancéreux : En règle générale, les mots composés qui commencent par le préfixe «anti» s'écrivent sans trait d'union.

Spanish

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