Cancer treatment

Cancer treatment

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Cancer treatment

A drug used to treat breast cancer that has spread or that has come back within 6 months after chemotherapy. It is also being studied in the treatment of newly diagnosed breast cancer and other types ...

Bioavailable

Health care; Cancer treatment

The ability of a drug or other substance to be absorbed and used by the body. Orally bioavailable means that a drug or other substance that is taken by mouth can be absorbed and used by the body.

Adoptive cellular therapy

Health care; Cancer treatment

A treatment used to help the immune system fight diseases, such as cancer and infections with certain viruses. T cells are collected from a patient and grown in the laboratory. This increases the ...

Areola

Health care; Cancer treatment

The area of dark-colored skin on the breast that surrounds the nipple.

Bone mass

Health care; Cancer treatment

A measure of the amount of minerals (mostly calcium and phosphorous) contained in a certain volume of bone. Bone mass measurements are used to diagnose osteoporosis (a condition marked by decreased ...

Abscess

Health care; Cancer treatment

An enclosed collection of pus in tissues, organs, or confined spaces in the body. An abscess is a sign of infection and is usually swollen and inflamed.

Anti-idiotype vaccine

Health care; Cancer treatment

A vaccine made of antibodies that see other antibodies as the antigen and bind to it. Anti-idiotype vaccines can stimulate the body to produce antibodies against tumour cells.