Cancer treatment

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Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity

Health care; Cancer treatment

A type of immune reaction in which a target cell or microbe is coated with antibodies and killed by certain types of white blood cells. The white blood cells bind to the antibodies and release ...

Biomarker

Health care; Cancer treatment

A biological molecule found in blood, other body fluids, or tissues that is a sign of a normal or abnormal process, or of a condition or disease. A biomarker may be used to see how well the body ...

Advanced cancer

Health care; Cancer treatment

Cancer that has spread to other places in the body and usually cannot be cured or controlled with treatment.

Arsenic trioxide

Health care; Cancer treatment

A drug used to treat acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL) that has not gotten better or that has come back after treatment with other anticancer drugs. It is also being studied in the treatment of ...

The way the intestines work in terms of how often there are bowel movements, the ability to control when to have a bowel movement, and whether the stools are hard and dry as in constipation or watery ...