The hydrochloride salt of a natural alkaloid extracted from plants of the genus Pilocarpus with cholinergic agonist activity. As a cholinergic … [Read more...]
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radioactive iodine
A radioactive form of iodine, often used for imaging tests or to treat an overactive thyroid, thyroid cancer, and certain other cancers. For imaging tests, the … [Read more...]
Pap test
A procedure in which cells are scraped from the cervix for examination under a microscope. It is used to detect cancer and changes … [Read more...]
Pap smear
A procedure in which cells are scraped from the cervix for examination under a microscope. It is used to detect cancer and changes … [Read more...]
ocular melanoma
A rare cancer of melanocytes (cells that produce the pigment melanin) found in the eye. Also called intraocular melanoma. … [Read more...]
IOUS
A procedure that uses ultrasound (high-energy sound waves that are bounced off internal tissues and organs) during surgery. Sonograms (pictures made by … [Read more...]
IORT
Radiation treatment aimed directly at a tumor during surgery. Also called intraoperative radiation therapy. … [Read more...]
Ewing sarcoma family of tumors
A group of cancers that includes Ewing tumor of bone (ETB or Ewing sarcoma of bone), extraosseous Ewing (EOE) tumors, primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET or … [Read more...]
coronary artery bypass
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. … [Read more...]
CAB
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. … [Read more...]