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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A drug that decreases the production of sex hormones (estrogen or testosterone) and slows the growth of tumors that need sex hormones to grow.
Industry:Health care
Swelling around the optic disk, the area where the optic nerve (the nerve that carries messages from the eye to the brain) enters the eyeball. Papilledema occurs when increased brain pressure caused by tumors or other problems results in swelling of the optic nerve.
Industry:Health care
A laboratory method used to make many copies of a specific DNA sequence. Also called PCR.
Industry:Health care
A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the families of drugs called antitumor antibiotics and topoisomerase inhibitors. Also called NSC 655649.
Industry:Health care
A rare, inherited disease that is marked by a lack of B lymphocytes (white blood cells that make antibodies and help fight infections) and a lack of T lymphocytes (white blood cells that attack virus-infected cells, foreign cells, and cancer cells). Patients with this disease have a high risk of developing viral, bacterial, and fungal infections. Also called SCID.
Industry:Health care
The percentage of people in a study or treatment group who are alive for a certain period of time after they were diagnosed with or treated for a disease, such as cancer. The survival rate is often stated as a five-year survival rate, which is the percentage of people in a study or treatment group who are alive five years after diagnosis or treatment. Also called overall survival rate.
Industry:Health care
Injury to the body, or an event that causes long-lasting mental or emotional damage.
Industry:Health care
An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called angiogenesis inhibitors.
Industry:Health care
A mental state marked by confusion about time, place, or who one is.
Industry:Health care
