Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cancer_drug

1 sense of cancer drug

Sense 1
antineoplastic, antineoplastic drug, cancer drug -- (any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function)
       => cytotoxic drug -- (any drug that has a toxic effect on cells; commonly used in chemotherapy to inhibit the proliferation of cancerous cells)