Cancer and Oncology Terms

A substance 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 cancer.

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

In cancer prevention, a clinical trial that studies whether taking certain medicines, vitamins, minerals, or food supplements can prevent cancer.

One word doing two jobs, describing how fast a disease moves in one sentence and how hard a treatment pushes in the next.

A type of lymphoma that grows and spreads quickly and has severe symptoms.

Certain cancer types that are more likely to occur in people who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

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

A supplement form of carnitine tested against chemotherapy nerve damage, where the largest trial found the nerve injury worse rather than better.

An injection of ethanol (alcohol) through the skin directly into a tumor to kill cancer cells.

A drug used to treat some types of cancer.

A drug that is used to treat certain skin conditions and is being studied in the treatment of cutaneous (skin-related) T-cell cancer and T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

An antibody that strips lymphocytes out of the blood, used to reset an immune system attacking the nervous system.

The brand name for pemetrexed, a chemotherapy drug given alongside two vitamins that blunt its harshest effects.

A drug that is used to treat multiple myeloma and ovarian epithelial cancer and is being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.

The oldest family of chemotherapy drugs, acting by sticking chemical groups onto DNA so it can no longer be read.

Starting it can set off an attack, because a shifting uric acid level disturbs crystals already sitting in a joint.

A substance that is being studied as a gene therapy agent in the treatment of cancer.