Cancer treatment

Cancer treatment

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Agglutinin

Health care; Cancer treatment

A substance that makes particles (such as bacteria or cells) stick together to form a clump or a mass.

Aspirate

Health care; Cancer treatment

Fluid withdrawn from a lump (often a cyst) or a nipple.

Describes the relative amount of different tissues present in the breast. A dense breast has less fat than glandular and connective tissue. Mammogram films of breasts with higher density are harder ...

Activase

Health care; Cancer treatment

A form of tissue plasminogen activator that is made in the laboratory. It helps dissolve blood clots and is used to treat heart attacks, strokes, and clots in the lungs. It is also being studied in ...

Antimetabolite

Health care; Cancer treatment

A drug that is very similar to natural chemicals in a normal biochemical reaction in cells but different enough to interfere with the normal division and functions of cells.

Bladder cancer

Health care; Cancer treatment

Cancer that forms in tissues of the bladder (the organ that stores urine). Most bladder cancers are transitional cell carcinomas (cancer that begins in cells that normally make up the inner lining of ...

Agitation

Health care; Cancer treatment

A condition in which a person is unable to relax and be still. The person may be very tense and irritable, and become easily annoyed by small things. He or she may be eager to have an argument, and ...