paclitaxel
Paclitaxel is a chemotherapy drug derived from yew tree bark that stabilizes microtubules to block cancer cell division.
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427 matchespaclitaxel poliglumex
The agent paclitaxel linked to a biodegradable, water-soluble polyglutamate polymer with antineoplastic properties.
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A vascular-acting photosensitizer consisting of a water-soluble, palladium-substituted bacteriochlorophyll derivative with potential antineoplastic activity.
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A synthetic mustard compound with potential antineoplastic activity.
Read definitionparasympathetic nervous system
The parasympathetic nervous system slows the heart and promotes digestion, largely opposing the body's fight or flight response.
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A type of radiation therapy given only to the part of the breast that has cancer in it.
Read definitionPEG-Intron
(Other name for: PEG-interferon alfa-2b)
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(Other name for: PEG-interferon alfa-2a)
Read definitionpegylated liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride
A liposome-encapsulated form of the hydrochloride salt of the anthracycline antineoplastic antibiotic doxorubicin.
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A pegylated formulation of a recombinant form of human hyaluronidase with potential antitumor activity.
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A physical examination in which the health care professional will feel for lumps or changes in the shape of the vagina, cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and rectum.
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The pelvis is the bony basin at the base of the trunk that connects the spine to the legs and shelters the bladder, rectum, and reproductive organs.
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Its beta-lactam ring is both the reason penicillin works and the target bacteria disable when they become resistant.
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The potassium salt of penicillin V, a member of the penicillin antibiotic family with broad-spectrum bactericidal activity.
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A synthetic derivative of amidine with antiprotozoal and antifungal activities.
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An oral drug for long-term bladder pain, thought to patch the protective coating that keeps urine off the bladder wall.
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The sodium salt of a semisynthetic heparin-like glucosaminoglycan.
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Pentoxifylline is an oral medication that improves blood flow through narrowed vessels, used mainly to ease leg pain caused by poor circulation during walking.
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An injectable suspension of liposome-encapsuled microspheres containing the fluorocarbon gas perflutren for contrast enhancement in ultrasound procedures.
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A sterile non-pyrogenic suspension of microspheres of human serum albumin with the stable, high-molecular-weight fluorocarbon gas perflutren, used as a contrast enhancement agent for ultrasound…
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