antitumor

American  

[an-tee-too-mer, an-tahy-too-mer] / ˌæn tiˈtu mər, ˌæn taɪˈtu mər /

adjective

1. (of medication or other therapies) designed to prevent, shrink, or slow the growth of cancerous tumors.

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Other Word Forms

• antitumoral adjective
• antitumorous adjective

Example Sentences

"We also increased the number of allowable HER2-CAR T infusions to sustain the exposure time of CAR T cells, with the goal of increasing the antitumor effect," Hegde said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

In a publication in Cancer Immunology Research, Hurst and Thaxton used a proteomics screen to identify enzymes associated with the optimal antitumor metabolism of these T cells.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2024

The monoclonal antibody bevacizumab gained regulatory approval in 2004 for patients with advanced colon cancer, and more than a dozen other angiogenesis inhibitors have since joined the antitumor arsenal.

From Science Magazine • May 16, 2023

Fifteen years before my diagnosis, Allison and his colleagues from the UC Berkeley Cancer Research Laboratory published a landmark paper on the role of a protein receptor called CTLA-4 in "antitumor immunity."

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2018

Studies suggest that such cells will have developed a strong antitumor activity.

From Time Magazine Archive