an·ti·can·cer

[an-tee-kan-ser, an-tahy-]
adjective
for or used in the prevention or treatment of cancer: an anticancer drug.

Origin:
1925–30; anti- + cancer

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anticancer

adjective
used in the treatment of cancer; "anticancer drug"; "an antineoplastic effect" 
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Example sentences
It is currently being tested in clinical trials for potential anticancer effects.
Chemicals from this same fungal group are also used for antibiotic, antimalarial and anticancer drugs.
These were designed to be anticancer drugs, but they were not sufficiently potent.
Potential anticancer drugs should be judged on their scientific merit, not on their patentability.
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