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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A vitamin that can dissolve in fats and oils. Fat-soluble vitamins are absorbed along with fats in the diet and can be stored in the body’s fatty tissue. They come from plant and animal foods or dietary supplements. Vitamins A, D, E, and K are fat-soluble.
Industry:Health care
A substance that helps make more white blood cells, especially granulocytes, macrophages, and cells that become platelets. It is a cytokine that is a type of hematopoietic (blood-forming) agent. Also called GM-CSF and sargramostim.
Industry:Health care
Having a weakened immune system caused by certain diseases or treatments.
Industry:Health care
A soft tissue sarcoma that usually occurs in the limbs, most commonly the legs, and may also occur in the abdomen. Also called malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
Industry:Health care
Having to do with or resembling the bone marrow. May also refer to certain types of hematopoietic (blood-forming) cells found in the bone marrow. Sometimes used as a synonym for myelogenous; for example, acute myeloid leukemia and acute myelogenous leukemia are the same disease.
Industry:Health care
A drug used to increase the number of blood cells, especially platelets, in some cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Oprelvekin is a form of interleukin-11 (a cytokine normally made by support cells in the bone marrow) that is made in the laboratory. It is a type of biological response modifier. Also called Neumega, recombinant human interleukin-11, and rhIL-11.
Industry:Health care
An abnormal collection of fluid inside the sac that covers the heart.
Industry:Health care
In medicine, the course of a disease, such as cancer, as it becomes worse or spreads in the body.
Industry:Health care
A drug that is being studied in the prevention of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called retinoids.
Industry:Health care
