Cancer and Oncology Terms

A substance being studied in the treatment of several types of cancer.

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

A drug used to treat certain types of non-small cell lung cancer.

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer.

A drug used alone or with other drugs to treat colon cancer or rectal cancer that has spread to other parts of the body or has come back after treatment with fluorouracil.

An investigational sulfonamide tested against cancer, sharing a chemical backbone with the sulfa antibiotics but none of their antibacterial action.

A substance being studied in the treatment of several types of cancer.

A non-cancerous growth near the pituitary gland that causes serious trouble through its position rather than by spreading.

An anticancer drug that interferes with the DNA in cancer cells.

CSP is an older abbreviation for a phyllodes tumor, a fibroepithelial breast growth that is usually benign despite its historical name.

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer.

A three-letter shorthand for cyclophosphamide, a drug that arrives inactive and has to be switched on by the liver.

CUP describes cancer confirmed on biopsy for which the original site of origin cannot be identified despite thorough evaluation.

Cancer that has spread from the breast to the skin.

Three drug initials that have outlasted one of the drug names they stand for, and three letters that mean something else entirely elsewhere.