Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Antitumor Drug Screening Assays

Methods of investigating the effectiveness of anticancer cytotoxic drugs and biologic inhibitors. These include in vitro cell-kill models and cytostatic dye exclusion tests as well as in vivo measurement of tumor growth parameters in laboratory animals.

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Abstract

Methods of investigating the effectiveness of anticancer cytotoxic drugs and biologic inhibitors. These include in vitro cell-kill models and cytostatic dye exclusion tests as well as in vivo measurement of tumor growth parameters in laboratory animals.

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  • Anti-Cancer Drug Screens
  • Anticancer Drug Sensitivity Tests
  • Antitumor Drug Screens
  • Cancer Drug Tests
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Drug Screening Tests, Tumor-Specific
  • Tumor-Specific Drug Screening Tests
  • Anti Cancer Drug Screens
  • Anti-Cancer Drug Screen
  • Antitumor Drug Screen
  • Cancer Drug Test
  • Drug Screen, Anti-Cancer
  • Drug Screen, Antitumor
  • Drug Screening Tests, Tumor Specific
  • Drug Screens, Anti-Cancer
  • Drug Screens, Antitumor
  • Drug Test, Cancer
  • Drug Tests, Cancer
  • Screen, Anti-Cancer Drug
  • Screen, Antitumor Drug
  • Screens, Anti-Cancer Drug
  • Screens, Antitumor Drug
  • Test, Cancer Drug
  • Tests, Cancer Drug
  • Tumor Specific Drug Screening Tests
  • Dye Exclusion Assays, Antitumor

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.

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IM when general; NIM when with specific antineoplastic agent (IM)

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  • Antineoplastic Agents or specific (1966-1987)
  • Cell Line (1971-1987)
  • Colony-Forming Units Assay (1979-1987)
  • Drug Screening (1974-1987)
  • Neoplasms, Experimental or specific (1966-1987)
  • Tumor Stem Cell Assay (1984-1987)

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  1. E01w.370.225.500.388
  2. E05.200.500.388
  3. E05.242.417
  4. E05.337.550w.200

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Antitumor Drug Screening Assays. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004354. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004354
  2. Antitumor Drug Screening Assays. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73501375