antineoplastic drug - any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow functionantimetabolite - an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite asparaginase, Elspar - antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia cytotoxic drug - any drug that has a toxic effect on cells; commonly used in chemotherapy to inhibit the proliferation of cancerous cells floxuridine - antineoplastic drug used to treat some cancers; can cause loss of hair lomustine - an antineoplastic drug often used to treat brain tumors or Hodgkin's disease Alkeran, melphalan - antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other malignancies procarbazine - an antineoplastic drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease thioguanine - an antineoplastic drug used to treat acute leukemias thiotepa - an antineoplastic drug used to treat certain malignancies |