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Allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Health care; Cancer treatment
A procedure in which a person receives blood-forming stem cells (cells from which all blood cells develop) from a genetically similar, but not identical, donor. This is often a sister or brother, but ...
Atypical hyperplasia
Health care; Cancer treatment
A benign (not cancer) condition in which cells look abnormal under a microscope and are increased in number.
Brostallicin hydrochloride
Health care; Cancer treatment
A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer. Brostallicin hydrochloride binds to DNA and may kill cancer cells. It may also help other drugs kill cancer cells. It is a type of DNA minor ...
Adenoma
Health care; Cancer treatment
A tumour that is not cancer. It starts in gland-like cells of the epithelial tissue (thin layer of tissue that covers organs, glands, and other structures within the body).
Aortocoronary bypass
Health care; Cancer treatment
Surgery in which a healthy blood vessel taken from another part of the body is used to make a new path for blood around a blocked artery leading to the heart. This restores the flow of oxygen and ...
Bolus
Health care; Cancer treatment
A single dose of drug usually injected into a blood vessel over a short period of time. Also called bolus infusion.
Allogenic
Health care; Cancer treatment
Taken from different individuals of the same species. Also called allogeneic.
