Cancer and Oncology Terms

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

A leaf-patterned breast tumor carrying an alarming old name that describes neither its usual behavior nor its true nature.

Anticancer drugs that kill cells, especially cancer cells.

A type of immune cell that can kill certain cells, including foreign cells, cancer cells, and cells infected with a virus.

A type of immune cell that can kill certain cells, including foreign cells, cancer cells, and cells infected with a virus.

An experimental cancer compound whose abbreviation collides with a far better known immigration program, so context carries the whole meaning.

One of the older cytotoxic drugs, still holding its place in Hodgkin lymphoma long after newer agents displaced it in melanoma.

A monoclonal antibody that is being studied in the treatment of adult T-cell leukemia and in the treatment of cytopenia (low blood cell count).

A drug that is used to treat myelodysplastic syndromes and is being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.

A drug used to prevent blood clots from forming or to treat blood clots that have formed in patients with cancer or other conditions.

The active ingredient in a drug used to treat acute leukemias and some other types of cancer.

A drug used to treat acute leukemias and some other types of cancer.

One of the original red chemotherapies, still central to leukemia treatment and capped for life because the heart does not recover from it.

A drug used to treat acute leukemias and some other types of cancer.

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used with radiation therapy to treat low-risk childhood Hodgkin lymphoma.

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used with radiation therapy to treat low-risk childhood Hodgkin lymphoma.

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used with other types of therapy to treat colorectal cancer.

Borrowed from Latin, the phrase de novo marks something arising fresh and new rather than developing from a prior state.

A protein on the surface of certain cells that binds another protein called TRAIL, which may kill some cancer cells.

A protein on the surface of certain cells that binds another protein called TRAIL, which may kill some cancer cells.