noun-modifying (irregular)
anticancer; antitumor; carcinostatic
Medical term used attributively to describe drugs, treatments, or effects that suppress or inhibit cancer.
この化合物には制癌作用があると報告されている。
This compound has been reported to have anticancer activity.
制癌剤の開発が進められている。
Development of anticancer agents is underway.
抗癌 is a more common synonym for 'anticancer', while 制癌 is less frequent but carries the same meaning.
Compound of 制 (control, suppress) and 癌 (cancer).