distant cancer
Refers to cancer that has spread from the original (primary) tumor to distant organs or distant lymph nodes.
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30 matchesextravasation
The leakage of blood, lymph, or other fluid, such as an anticancer drug, from a blood vessel or tube into the tissue around it.
Read definitionheart cancer
Tumors that spread to the heart from cancer elsewhere in the body are considerably more common than cancer that originates in the heart itself.
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Homeostatic describes processes and mechanisms that maintain the body's internal stability despite ongoing changes in its external or internal environment.
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A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer and other conditions.
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A serious problem that may occur in cancer in which cancer cells spread from the original (primary) tumor to the meninges (thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord).
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A mixture of highly sulfated, monophosphorylated mannose oligosaccharides, derived from the extracellular phosphomannan of the yeast Pichia (Hansenula) holstii, with potential antiangiogenic activity.
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A synthetic hydroxamic acid derivative with potential antineoplastic activity.
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An adjective doing heavy lifting in reports: it can mean bone, or muscle attached to bone, depending on the noun.
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Spine cancer describes tumors of the vertebrae or spinal cord, though cancer reaching the spine from elsewhere is far more common than a primary tumor.
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