MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Antineoplastic Agents
Tree Number(s): D27.505.954.248
Unique ID: D000970
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000970
Annotation: /admin: various administration procedures are available, as CHEMOTHERAPY, CANCER, REGIONAL PERFUSION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC and INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; for combined anticancer agents, ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS is available; Manual 24.4.2.1+
Scope Note: Substances that inhibit or prevent the proliferation of NEOPLASMS.
Entry Version: ANTINEOPL AGENTS
Entry Term(s): Anticancer Agent; Anticancer Agents; Antineoplastic; Antineoplastic Agent; Antineoplastic Drug; Antineoplastic Drugs; Antineoplastics; Antitumor Agent; Antitumor Agents; Antitumor Drug; Antitumor Drugs; Cancer Chemotherapy Agent; Cancer Chemotherapy Agents; Cancer Chemotherapy Drug; Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs; Chemotherapeutic Anticancer Agents; Chemotherapeutic Anticancer Drug
NLM Classification #: QV 269
See Also: Anticarcinogenic Agents; Chemoembolization, Therapeutic; Chemotherapy, Cancer, Regional Perfusion; Cytotoxins; Infusions, Intra-Arterial; Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]
- Pharmacologic Actions [D27.505]
  - Therapeutic Uses [D27.505.954]

Antineoplastic Agents Preferred

Concept UI: M0001483
Scope Note: Substances that inhibit or prevent the proliferation of NEOPLASMS.
Terms: Antineoplastic Agents Preferred Term
Term UI T002984
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Antitumor Agent
Term UI T000996627
Date11/15/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Antineoplastic Agent
Term UI T000996628
Date11/15/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Anticancer Agent
Term UI T000996424
Date11/14/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Anticancer Agents
Term UI T794002
Date07/20/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2013); Antineoplastic Drugs
Term UI T002985
Date11/15/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Antineoplastic Drug
Term UI T000996629
Date11/15/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Antineoplastic
Term UI T000996630
Date11/15/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Antitumor Drug
Term UI T000996631
Date11/15/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Cancer Chemotherapy Agent
Term UI T000996632
Date11/15/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Antineoplastics
Term UI T002986
Date10/31/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Antitumor Agents
Term UI T698995
Date06/05/2007
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008); Antitumor Drugs
Term UI T698996
Date06/05/2007
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008); Cancer Chemotherapy Agents
Term UI T796855
Date09/14/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2013); Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs
Term UI T794000
Date07/20/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2013); Chemotherapeutic Anticancer Agents
Term UI T794001
Date07/20/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2013); Chemotherapeutic Anticancer Drug
Term UI T796856
Date09/14/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2013); Cancer Chemotherapy Drug
Term UI T000996633
Date11/15/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Antineoplastic Agents MeSH Descriptor Data 2025