The search textbox has an autosuggest feature. When you enter three or more characters,
a list of up to 10 suggestions will popup under the textbox. Use the arrow keys
to move through the suggestions. To select a suggestion, hit the enter key. Using
the escape key closes the listbox and puts you back at the textbox. The radio buttons
allow you to toggle between having all search items start with or contain the text
you entered in the search box.
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The NCI Drug Dictionary contains technical definitions and synonyms for drugs/agents used to treat patients with cancer or conditions related to cancer. Each drug entry includes links to check for clinical trials listed in NCI's PDQ® Cancer Clinical Trials Registry.
Tips on Looking Up a Drug
- In the search box, type the name or part of the name of the drug/agent you are looking for and click the “Go” button.
- You can use the generic name (e.g., doxorubicin), U.S. brand names (e.g., Rubex), NSC number, chemical structure names, or other names to find the drug.
- Click on a letter of the alphabet to browse through the dictionary or click on "All" to see a listing of all drugs in the dictionary.
- Change the search from "Starts with" to "Contains" to find all drugs in the dictionary that include a word or set of letters or numbers (e.g., "rubicin" to find daunorubicin, doxorubicin, and epirubicin).
- Use the
icon to get more help.
- The search box has an autosuggest feature. When you type three or more letters, a list of up to 10 suggestions will pop up below the box. Click on a suggestion with your mouse or use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move through the suggestions and then hit the Enter key to choose one.
- Using the Escape key or clicking "close" within the autosuggest box closes the box and turns off the feature until you start a new search.
- Some drug entries include a
button that links to a drug information summary page.
Information in the NCI Drug Dictionary is from the
NCI Thesaurus, which is produced by NCI's Enterprise Vocabulary Services,
a collaboration involving NCI's Office of Communications and Education and NCI's Center for Bioinformatics.
Each drug entry includes a link to additional information available from the full
NCI Thesaurus database, which contains many drugs and other terms not included here.