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Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Protective Agents > Anticarcinogenic Agents
Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Protective Agents > Anticarcinogenic Agents
Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Therapeutic Uses > Antineoplastic Agents > Anticarcinogenic Agents

Preferred term

Anticarcinogenic Agents  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Agents, Anti-Carcinogenic
  • Anti Carcinogenic Agents
  • Anti-Carcinogenic Agents
  • Anti Carcinogenic Drugs
  • Anti-Carcinogenic Drugs
  • Anticarcinogenic Drugs
  • Anticarcinogens
  • Drugs, Anti-Carcinogenic
  • Drugs, Anticarcinogenic

Note

  • do not confuse with ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS which treat or affect cancer already developed while ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS prevent or reduce the development of cancer; note entry term ANTI-CARCINOGENIC EFFECT: use only for the anti-carcinogenic effect of a chemical substance

Scope note

  • Agents that reduce the frequency or rate of spontaneous or induced tumors independently of the mechanism involved.

History note

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016588

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