noun-modifying (irregular)
anticancer; antitumor; carcinostatic
Medical term used attributively to describe drugs, treatments, or effects that suppress or inhibit cancer.
This compound has been reported to have anticancer activity.
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).