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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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Zarif explained this is likely because there was already so much antitumor immune activity in the JHU083-treated tumors.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

In 2019, Thaxton's lab studied a T cell with optimal antitumor function.

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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