Antifolate
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| Antifolate | |
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| Term | Antifolate |
| Short definition | Antifolate (AN-T-FOH-Layt) A type of drug that prevents cells from using folic acid to make DNA and can kill cancer cells. Certain antifolates are used to treat some types of cancer and inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
Antifolate - (pronounced) (AN-T-FOH-Layt) A type of drug that prevents cells from using folic acid to make DNA and can kill cancer cells. Certain antifolates are used to treat some types of cancer and inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. Also called folate antagonist and folic acid antagonist
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