Cancer and Oncology Terms

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

The dimaleate salt of a synthetic, noncardiotoxic aza-anthracenedione analogue with potential antineoplastic activity.

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

A type of cancer that begins in plasma cells (white blood cells that produce antibodies).

A growth of the antibody factories of the immune system, ranging from a harmless clone to widespread disease in the bones.

A single collection of abnormal antibody-making cells, which may stay solitary or prove to be the first sign of myeloma.

A drug used to reduce the amount of testosterone made in patients with advanced symptomatic prostate cancer for which no other treatment options are available.

A rare and very aggressive (fast-growing) cancer that forms in tissues of the lung and pleura (a thin layer of tissue that covers the lungs and lines the interior wall of the chest cavity).

Plevitrexed is an investigational drug studied for its ability to block a cellular enzyme that dividing cancer cells need to copy DNA.

An antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces plicatus with antineoplastic activity.

Named for the shape of a cell rather than its lineage, so the abbreviation has always covered two separate diseases at once.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A monoclonal antibody that is being studied in the detection and treatment of cancer.

A plasmid DNA cancer vaccine encoding the intracellular domain (ICD) of the HER-2/neu proto-oncogene.

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

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer and for its ability to stimulate the immune system.

A substance being studied in the prevention of cancer.

A cancer vaccine consisting of whole irradiated heterologous melanoma cells which express multiple melanoma-related antigens.

Pomalidomide is an approved oral treatment for multiple myeloma that alters immune activity and blood vessel formation around tumor cells.

A tart red juice studied mostly for its plant polyphenols, with laboratory findings that human trials have not matched.