Cancer treatment

Cancer treatment

Contributors in Cancer treatment

Cancer treatment

A type of drug that blocks cell growth by stopping mitosis (cell division). Antimicrotubule agents interfere with microtubules (cellular structures that help move chromosomes during mitosis). They ...

Blast crisis

Health care; Cancer treatment

A phase of chronic myelogenous leukaemia in which tiredness, fever, and an enlarged spleen occur during the blastic phase, when more than 30% of the cells in the blood or bone marrow are blast cells ...

Agonist

Health care; Cancer treatment

A drug or substance that binds to a receptor inside a cell or on its surface and causes the same action as the substance that normally binds to the receptor.

Blinded study

Health care; Cancer treatment

A type of study in which the patients (single-blinded) or the patients and their doctors (double-blinded) do not know which drug or treatment is being given. The opposite of a blinded study is an ...

Albumin

Health care; Cancer treatment

A type of protein found in blood, egg white, milk, and other substances.

Asymptomatic

Health care; Cancer treatment

Having no signs or symptoms of disease.

Breast-sparing surgery

Health care; Cancer treatment

An operation to remove the breast cancer but not the breast itself. Types of breast-sparing surgery include lumpectomy (removal of the lump), quadrantectomy (removal of one quarter, or quadrant, of ...