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Absolute risk
Health care; Cancer treatment
A measure of the risk of a certain event happening. In cancer research, it is the likelihood that a person who is free of a specific type of cancer at a given age will develop that cancer over a ...
Biochemical recurrence
Health care; Cancer treatment
A rise in the blood level of PSA (prostate-specific antigen) in prostate cancer patients after treatment with surgery or radiation. Biochemical recurrence may occur in patients who do not have ...
Adrenal cortex
Health care; Cancer treatment
The outer part of the adrenal gland (a small organ on top of each kidney). The adrenal cortex makes androgen and corticosteroid hormones.
Arginine butyrate
Health care; Cancer treatment
A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.
Bone mineral density
Health care; Cancer treatment
A measure of the amount of minerals (mostly calcium and phosphorous) contained in a certain volume of bone. Bone mineral density measurements are used to diagnose osteoporosis (a condition marked by ...
Absorption
Health care; Cancer treatment
The process of taking nutrients from the digestive system into the blood so they can be used in the body.
Antiandrogen
Health care; Cancer treatment
A substance that prevents cells from making or using androgens (hormones that play a role in the formation of male sex characteristics). Antiandrogens may stop some cancer cells from growing. Some ...
