A treatment used to help the immune system fight diseases, such as cancer and infections with certain viruses. T cells are collected from a patient and grown in … [Read more...]
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AMD 3100
A drug used before autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma or multiple myeloma. AMD 3100 is given together with … [Read more...]
99mTc-DTPA-mannosyl-dextran
A radiolabeled macromolecule consisting of the chelating agent diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA) and mannose each attached to a dextran backbone and … [Read more...]
AC regimen
An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used with other types of therapy to treat breast cancer, including breast cancer that has spread or come back. It … [Read more...]
retrospective
Looking back at events that have already taken place. … [Read more...]
retinoblastoma
Cancer that forms in the tissues of the retina (the light-sensitive layers of nerve tissue at the back of the eye). Retinoblastoma usually occurs in children … [Read more...]
retina
The light-sensitive layers of nerve tissue at the back of the eye that receive images and sends them as electric signals through the optic nerve to the brain. … [Read more...]
relative odds
A measure of the odds of an event happening in one group compared to the odds of the same event happening in another group. In cancer research, relative odds … [Read more...]
reflux
The backward flow of liquid from the stomach into the esophagus. … [Read more...]
recurrent cancer
Cancer that has recurred (come back), usually after a period of time during which the cancer could not be detected. The cancer may come back to the same place … [Read more...]