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Apocrine gland
Health care; Cancer treatment
A type of gland that is found in the skin, breast, eyelid, and ear. Apocrine glands in the breast secrete fat droplets into breast milk and those in the ear help form earwax. Apocrine glands in the ...
Bone cancer
Health care; Cancer treatment
Primary bone cancer is cancer that forms in cells of the bone. Some types of primary bone cancer are osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, and chondrosarcoma. Secondary bone ...
Abdominal
Health care; Cancer treatment
Having to do with the abdomen, which is the part of the body between the chest and the hips that contains the pancreas, stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, and other organs.
Ansamycin
Health care; Cancer treatment
An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antineoplastic antibiotics.
Bile
Health care; Cancer treatment
A fluid made by the liver and stored in the gallbladder. Bile is excreted into the small intestine, where it helps digest fat.
Arctiin
Health care; Cancer treatment
A substance found in certain plants, including burdock. It has shown anticancer effects. Arctiin belongs to a group of substances called lignans.
Bone marrow transplantation
Health care; Cancer treatment
A procedure to replace bone marrow that has been destroyed by treatment with high doses of anticancer drugs or radiation. Transplantation may be autologous (an individual's own marrow saved before ...
