Might mean (unverified): Inhibits growth of cancer cells.
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▸ adjective:  That halts the spread of a cancer

Similar:
oncomodulatory, oncoprotective, tumorostatic, tumoristatic, oncopromoting, oncolytic, procancerous, antitumorigenic, cancericidal, tumoricidal, more...

Opposite:
pro-oncogenic, tumor-promoting, carcinogenic

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Similar:
oncomodulatory, oncoprotective, tumorostatic, tumoristatic, oncopromoting, oncolytic, procancerous, antitumorigenic, cancericidal, tumoricidal, more...

Opposite:
pro-oncogenic, tumor-promoting, carcinogenic



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