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ANTITUMOR
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used in the treatment of cancer
Example:
an antineoplastic effect
Synonyms:
anticancer; antineoplastic; antitumor; antitumour
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
tumor (an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose)
Context examples:
Upon administration, the vaccine may stimulate an antitumor T-cell response against tumor cells expressing PAP.
(APC8015F, NCI Thesaurus)
Therapeutic Corynebacterium parvum may stimulate host antitumor immune responses when added to cancer vaccines.
(Attenuated Corynebacterium Parvum, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) vaccine containing six modified mRNAs, which encode six different NSCLC associated antigens, with potential antitumor and immunomodulatory activities.
(mRNA-derived Lung Cancer Vaccine CV9202, NCI Thesaurus)
A prostate cancer vaccine containing mRNAs encoding prostate specific antigen (PSA), prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA), prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA) and six-transmembrane epithelial antigen of the prostate (STEAP), with potential antitumor activity.
(mRNA-Derived Prostate Cancer Vaccine CV9103, NCI Thesaurus)
As ICP47 blocks antigen presentation in HSV-infected cells, deletion of this gene may induce a more potent antitumor immune response in the tumor cells.
(Oncolytic Herpes Simplex Virus-1-encoding GM-CSF, NCI Thesaurus)
A synthetic antisense oligonucleotide against Bcl-2 messenger RNA with potential antitumor activity.
(Oligonucleotide SPC2996, NCI Thesaurus)
A novel palladium-substituted bacteriochlorophyll derivative and photosensitizer with potential antitumor activity.
(Palladium-Bacteriopheophorbide, NCI Thesaurus)
A pegylated, cross-linked, humanized divalent-Fab' antibody fragment directed against vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) with potential antiangiogenic and antitumor activities.
(Pegylated Anti-GFR Antibody Fragment, NCI Thesaurus)
A sterically stabilized, pegylated liposomal formulation containing belotecan, a semi-synthetic analogue of campthotecin with potential antitumor activity.
(Pegylated Liposomal Belotecan, NCI Thesaurus)
A plasmid DNA encoding an immunogenic peptide derived from the cancer-testis antigen NY-ESO-1 with potential immunostimulating and antitumor activities.
(NY-ESO-1 Plasmid DNA Cancer Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
