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AGENT ANTICANCEREUX [1 record]

Record 1 2004-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Cancers and Oncology
CONT

Green tea - preferred in many Asian cultures to Western-style black tea - contains cathechins, which are believed to be anticancer agents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Cancers et oncologie
CONT

chimiothérapie [...] Dans certains cas, on décidera d'utiliser un seul agent anticancéreux; dans d'autres, plusieurs médicaments vous seront administrés en association.

OBS

En règle générale, les mots composés qui commencent par le préfixe «anti» s'écrivent sans trait d'union.

Key term(s)
  • agent anti-cancéreux
  • agent anti-cancer

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
  • Tipos de cáncer y oncología
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