leiomyosarcoma
Leiomyosarcoma is a rare malignant tumor arising from smooth muscle cells, most often found in the uterus, abdomen, or retroperitoneum.
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The limbic system is a group of interconnected brain structures that governs emotional response, motivation, and the formation of memories.
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Blood leaving the gut reaches the liver before the rest of the body, which is why it handles nutrients and toxins first.
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A lobule is a small subdivision of a larger lobe within an organ, forming part of the organ's internal structural and functional units.
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A lubricant reduces friction between surfaces, and in medical use it eases insertion or movement of instruments, catheters, or tissue against tissue.
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Narrowing costs more flow than it appears to, because flow through a tube falls with the fourth power of the radius.
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A hormone made in the pituitary gland.
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One of a group of related proteins made by leukocytes (white blood cells) and other cells in the body.
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The cell's acid-filled recycling compartment, walled off because the enzymes inside would digest the cell that built them.
Read definitionmalignant pleural effusion
Malignant pleural effusion is fluid buildup around the lung caused by cancer cells within the pleural space, most often from lung or breast cancer.
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Mammary structures and glands are those of the breast, most notably the tissue responsible for producing milk during lactation.
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No screening test is purely beneficial, and mammography programs are judged on the balance between cancers found early and abnormalities that never needed finding.
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A system used to deliver internal radiation therapy to breast cancer patients after surgery to remove their cancer.
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Markers are measurable substances or traits that clinicians track to gauge whether a disease is present, progressing, or responding to treatment.
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A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer and other conditions.
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A field and a bottle share one word, and the branches of the field are themselves called medicine, as in internal or nuclear medicine.
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Megestrol is a synthetic progestin used to treat certain hormone sensitive cancers and to help stimulate appetite in people with significant weight loss.
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A membrane is a thin sheet of tissue that lines, covers, separates, or encloses a body structure or cavity.
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Menstruation is the cyclical shedding of the uterine lining that occurs when pregnancy does not take place, recurring throughout the reproductive years.
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Metasynchronous describes a second finding, such as a related tumor, identified within a short interval of the first rather than at the same time.
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