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retinoic acid

A nutrient that that body needs in small amounts to function and stay healthy. Retinoic acid is made in the body from vitamin A and helps cells to grow and … [Read more...]

response rate

The percentage of patients whose cancer shrinks or disappears after treatment. … [Read more...]

response

In medicine, an improvement related to treatment. … [Read more...]

respiratory therapy

Exercises and treatments that help improve or restore lung function. … [Read more...]

resistant cancer

Cancer that does not respond to treatment. The cancer may be resistant at the beginning of treatment, or it may become resistant during treatment. Also called … [Read more...]

resiquimod

A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of skin cancer. When put on the skin, resiquimod causes some immune cells to make certain chemicals … [Read more...]

remote brachytherapy

A type of internal radiation treatment in which the radioactive source is removed between treatments. Also called high-dose-rate remote brachytherapy and … [Read more...]

remission induction therapy

Initial treatment with anticancer drugs to decrease the signs or symptoms of cancer or make them disappear. … [Read more...]

Relistor

A drug used to relieve certain side effects caused by treatment with opiods (pain killers similar to morphine), such as constipation (hard, dry stools), … [Read more...]

relative risk

A measure of the risk of a certain event happening in one group compared to the risk of the same event happening in another group. In cancer research, relative … [Read more...]