Cancer and Oncology Terms

A semisynthetic analog of Bleomycin, a mixture of several basic glycopeptide antineoplastic antibiotics isolated from the fungus Streptomyces verticillus.

A piece of a protein found only on melanoma (a type of skin cancer) cells.

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

The active metabolite of the nitrogen mustard cyclophosphamide with potent antineoplastic and immunosuppressive properties.

A cancer that forms near the ampulla of Vater (an enlargement of the ducts from the liver and pancreas where they join and enter the small intestine).

An orally active alkyl-phosphocholine compound with potential antineoplastic activity.

A naturally occurring monoterpene related to limonene with antineoplastic activity.

A type of cancer that forms in bone or soft tissue.

A method of replacing blood-forming cells destroyed by cancer treatment.

One of a group of aggressive (fast-growing) non-Hodgkin lymphomas that begins in mature T lymphocytes (T cells that have matured in the thymus gland and goes to other lymphatic sites in the body…

Peritoneal cancer develops in the thin membrane lining the abdominal cavity, and more often reflects cancer that has spread there from another organ.

A highly selective, orally bioavailabe small-molecule inhibitor of the HER family of tyrosine kinases with potential antineoplastic activity.

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

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

A drug that is used to treat impotence (inability to have an erection) and is being studied in the treatment of sexual problems in men who have had surgery for prostate cancer.

An injectable formulation of the polysaccharide beta 1,3/1,6 glucan derived from the cell wall of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae with potential immunomodulating and antineoplastic activities.

A small-molecule 3-aminopyrazole derivative with potential antineoplastic activity.

Cancer that forms in tissues of the pharynx (the hollow tube inside the neck that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the windpipe and esophagus).

A study to test whether a new treatment has an anticancer effect (for example, whether it shrinks a tumor or improves blood test results) and whether it works against a certain type of cancer.

A substance being studied in the prevention of cancer.