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.
Standard kanji spelling in medical contexts.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; sometimes used to avoid the non-jōyō kanji 癌.
Compound of 制 (control, suppress) and 癌 (cancer).