Anticancer
for or used in the prevention or treatment of :
an anticancer drug.
Contemporary Examples
We are still relying on surgery, chemotherapy and other anticancer drugs, and radiation, just as we did 40 years ago.
Are We Wasting Billions Seeking a Cure for Cancer? Margaret I. Cuomo October 1, 2012
One of the donors is a small Belgian-based foundation called The anticancer Fund.
How Big Pharma Holds Back in the War on Cancer ProPublica April 22, 2014
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