Cancer treatment

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Absolute risk

Health care; Cancer treatment

A measure of the risk of a certain event happening. In cancer research, it is the likelihood that a person who is free of a specific type of cancer at a given age will develop that cancer over a ...

Biochemical recurrence

Health care; Cancer treatment

A rise in the blood level of PSA (prostate-specific antigen) in prostate cancer patients after treatment with surgery or radiation. Biochemical recurrence may occur in patients who do not have ...

Adrenal cortex

Health care; Cancer treatment

The outer part of the adrenal gland (a small organ on top of each kidney). The adrenal cortex makes androgen and corticosteroid hormones.

Arginine butyrate

Health care; Cancer treatment

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.

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

Absorption

Health care; Cancer treatment

The process of taking nutrients from the digestive system into the blood so they can be used in the body.

Antiandrogen

Health care; Cancer treatment

A substance that prevents cells from making or using androgens (hormones that play a role in the formation of male sex characteristics). Antiandrogens may stop some cancer cells from growing. Some ...