Medical terms A–Z

A type of monoclonal antibody used in cancer detection or therapy.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

An enzyme that is normally found in healthy kidneys.

A staging system for prostate cancer that uses ABCD.

The area of the body that contains the pancreas, stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, and other organs.

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.

A procedure used to examine the organs in the abdomen.

An x-ray of the organs inside the abdomen.

Surgery to remove the anus, the rectum, and part of the sigmoid colon through an incision made in the abdomen.

A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer and other conditions.

Clusters of abnormal tube-like glands in the lining of the colon and rectum.

A drug used to treat breast cancer that has spread or that has come back within 6 months after chemotherapy.

A substance being studied in the treatment of prostate cancer and breast cancer.

In medicine, the removal or destruction of a body part or tissue or its function.

Not normal.

A system used to group human blood into different types, based on the presence or absence of certain markers on the surface of red blood cells.

A drug used to treat breast cancer that has spread or that has come back within 6 months after chemotherapy.

An enclosed collection of pus in tissues, organs, or confined spaces in the body.

A measure of the risk of a certain event happening.

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