chemotherapeutic agent Definition & Meaning

Cancer & Tumors

Named for what it is not, this family of lymphocyte cancers spans many separate diseases with very different growth rates and outlooks.

General Medical Terms

ICE is a combination chemotherapy regimen used for certain lymphomas that have returned or resisted earlier lines of treatment.

Medications & Pharmacology

The drug arrives inactive and becomes a poison only inside organisms that live without oxygen, which is the source of its narrow aim.

General Medical Terms

Whatever the specialty, the word draws a boundary around one area, and the specialty itself decides where that boundary falls.

chemotherapeutic agent