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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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That elicits a strong antitumor immune response, but it is short lived.

From Science Magazine Jun. 6, 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

Even more promising, when the researchers combined their modified T cells with a type of immunotherapy called immune checkpoint blockade, they further increased antitumor activity.

From Science Daily Nov. 15, 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

Two companies are already planning to test the antitumor proteins in people.

From Time Magazine Archive

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