Search Results for: CANCER TYPES

gemcitabine/cisplatin

A chemotherapy combination used to treat malignant mesothelioma, advanced non-small cell lung cancer, advanced bladder cancer, advanced cervical cancer, … [Read more...]

gemcitabine

The active ingredient in a drug that is used to treat pancreatic cancer that is advanced or has spread. It is also used with other drugs to treat breast cancer … [Read more...]

fungating lesion

A type of skin lesion that is marked by ulcerations (breaks on the skin or surface of an organ) and necrosis (death of living tissue) and that usually has a bad … [Read more...]

FU-LV

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used with other types of therapy to treat colorectal cancer. It includes the drugs fluorouracil and leucovorin. … [Read more...]

Ftorafur

A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer. It is a combination of tegafur and uracil. The tegafur is taken up by the cancer cells and … [Read more...]

follicular lymphoma

A type of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (cancer of the immune system) that is usually indolent (slow-growing). The tumor cells grow as groups to form nodules. … [Read more...]

folinic acid

The active ingredient in a drug used to lessen the toxic effects of substances that block the action of folic acid, especially the anticancer drug methotrexate. … [Read more...]

FOLFOX

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat colorectal cancer that is advanced or has come back. It is also being studied in the treatment of … [Read more...]

FOLFIRI

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat advanced colorectal cancer that has spread. It is also being studied in the treatment of other … [Read more...]

FMISO

A radioactive substance being studied as an imaging agent in head and neck cancers and other types of cancer. It binds to large molecules in tumor cells that … [Read more...]