noun
anti-cancer drug; cancer-inhibiting drug
Medical term for a drug that inhibits or treats cancer.
新しい制癌剤の臨床試験が始まった。
Clinical trials for a new anti-cancer drug have begun.
More common modern term for anti-cancer drug; 制癌剤 is an older or more formal variant.
Compound of 制 (control, suppress), 癌 (cancer), and 剤 (drug, agent).