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Cytotoxic agent

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-002254

A substance that kills cells, including cancer cells. These agents may stop cancer cells from dividing and growing and may cause tumors to shrink in size.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-002254
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-002254",
  "term": "Cytotoxic agent",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A substance that kills cells, including cancer cells. These agents may stop cancer cells from dividing and growing and may cause tumors to shrink in size.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/cytotoxic-agent/"
}

Record 5,630 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.