antitumor
Americanadjective
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"By creating conditions that support a more effective antitumor immune response, these particles may help unlock the full potential of immunotherapy in prostate cancer, where durable responses have historically been difficult to achieve."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
The scientists showed they could precisely interrupt the flow of the differentiation process, thereby enhancing antitumor efficacy.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2023
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
In an attempt to develop a treatment for these more advanced cases, the researchers at Dana-Farber have been experimenting with levels of antitumor agents that are much higher than those normally prescribed.
From Time Magazine Archive
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