oncogene
An oncogene is a mutated gene, derived from a normal growth regulating gene, that drives uncontrolled cell division seen in cancer.
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492 matchesoncolysate
An oncolysate is laboratory material made by breaking open cancer cells, releasing cellular components that can be studied or used to prompt an immune response.
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The oropharynx is the middle section of the throat, positioned behind the mouth and connecting the oral cavity to the lower throat and esophagus.
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Osteomyelitis is a bone infection that can arise from bloodstream spread, direct injury, or a nearby infected wound such as a diabetic foot ulcer.
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The tumor makes bone, which is what gives it away on an X-ray and what separates it from cancer that merely arrived in bone.
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The specialty is defined by a region of the body rather than by one organ, one disease process or one kind of treatment.
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This chemotherapy drug is notable for a distinctive nerve related side effect that can be triggered or worsened by exposure to cold.
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Oxidation is a chemical reaction in which atoms or molecules lose electrons, a process linked in the body to both essential metabolism and cellular damage.
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Paclitaxel is a chemotherapy drug derived from yew tree bark that stabilizes microtubules to block cancer cell division.
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The partition that allows breathing and chewing to happen at once, half rigid bone and half moving muscle.
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Palliation is care focused on relieving symptoms and improving comfort in serious illness, distinct from treatment aimed at curing the underlying disease.
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Papilledema is swelling of the optic disc caused by raised pressure inside the skull, visible on examination of the eye.
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One of many small hollow spaces in the bones around the nose.
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Because episodes occur during sleep or its transitions, the person experiencing a parasomnia often has no memory of it afterward.
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Surgery to remove part of the bladder (the organ that holds urine).
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Kidney tissue does not grow back, and keeping more of it lowers the chance of kidney trouble years after the cancer is gone.
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A method used to determine the stage of cancer (extent of cancer in the body).
Read definitionpegylated liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride
A liposome-encapsulated form of the hydrochloride salt of the anthracycline antineoplastic antibiotic doxorubicin.
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A water soluble antifolate with anti-proliferative activity.
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Surgery to remove the lower colon, rectum, and bladder, and create stomata (openings) through which urine and stool are passed out of the body.
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