Anticancer

/ˌæntiˈkænsər/ adjective

Definition

Designed to fight against, prevent, or treat cancer and cancerous cells.

Etymology

From anti- (against) + cancer, from Latin cancer (crab), named for the crab-like appearance of tumors. This is a modern medical term that became common with 20th-century cancer research.

Kelly Says

Cancer cells are brilliantly tricky—they've evolved to hide from our immune system and resist treatments—so anticancer researchers have to think like detectives hunting an enemy that gets smarter every time we attack it.

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