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Cytostatic agent

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-002253

A substance that slows or stops the growth of cells, including cancer cells, without killing them. These agents may cause tumors to stop growing and spreading without causing them to shrink in size.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-002253
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-002253",
  "term": "Cytostatic agent",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A substance that slows or stops the growth of cells, including cancer cells, without killing them. These agents may cause tumors to stop growing and spreading without causing them to shrink in size.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/cytostatic-agent/"
}

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