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Antineoplastic and Immunosuppressive Agents

Medical Definition:	Collective grouping for substances used to arrest the proliferation of malignant cells and those that suppress the immune response.
Guide Notes:	not used for indexing; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS & IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS are available CATALOG: do not use

Antineoplastic and Immunosuppressive Agents Categories.

	Antineoplastic Agents - Substances that inhibit or prevent the proliferation of NEOPLASMS.
	Immunosuppressive Agents - Agents that suppress immune function by one of several mechanisms of action. Classical cytotoxic immunosuppressants act by inhibiting DNA synthesis. Others may act through activation of suppressor T-cell populations or by inhibiting the activation of helper cells. While immunosuppression has been brought about in the past primarily to prevent rejection of transplanted organs, new applications involving mediation of the effects of interleukins and other cytokines are emerging.
	Myeloablative Agonists - Agents that destroy bone marrow activity. They are used to prepare patients for bone marrow or stem cell transplantation.

Antineoplastic and Immunosuppressive Agents Medical Definitions and Terms

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