leptomeningeal carcinoma
Cancer that stops behaving like a lump and starts behaving like a fluid, settling wherever spinal fluid happens to flow.
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213 matchesmeningeal carcinomatosis
One condition carrying at least five names, recognized by trouble that refuses to point to a single spot in the nervous system.
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A steroid aimed at one surface: the same molecule is sold as a cream and an inhaler, but under different names entirely.
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An infusion that shuts down the cells dismantling bone, given as rarely as once a year in some conditions.
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Zoledronic acid is an intravenous bisphosphonate used to treat cancer-related high blood calcium and to reduce fractures from bone metastases.
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A radioactive substance that is used in imaging tests, and is being studied in the treatment of cancer.
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A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer.
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A drug used to treat symptoms of cancer of the colon, breast, stomach, and pancreas.
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A drug used to treat symptoms of cancer of the colon, breast, stomach, and pancreas.
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A drug used to treat certain types of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) and T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL).
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A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.
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A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer and other conditions.
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Acetate is a chemical compound derived from acetic acid, used in the body's metabolism and in many pharmaceutical and laboratory preparations.
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An acid is a compound that releases hydrogen ions in water, ranging from digestive gastric acid to laboratory and industrial chemicals.
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The process of making or becoming an acid.
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The adrenal glands are small hormone producing organs sitting atop each kidney that regulate stress response, blood pressure, and metabolism.
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The setting in which fuel yields many times more energy, because with oxygen present a cell finishes the job instead of stopping halfway.
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A chemical process in which oxygen is used to make energy from carbohydrates (sugars).
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A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.
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A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.
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