cadmium
Cadmium is a naturally occurring heavy metal used in industry that can accumulate in the body and cause kidney damage with prolonged exposure.
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213 matchescancer
Not one disease but hundreds, grouped by the tissue they start in, and it is invasion and spread that separate them from harmless growths.
Read definitioncarcinomatous meningitis
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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Carnitine is a naturally occurring compound that shuttles fatty acids into cells' mitochondria so they can be converted into usable energy.
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A molecule with several arms that close around a metal ion, holding it so tightly the body passes it out unchanged.
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A progressive, chronic disease in which the bone marrow is replaced by fibrous tissue and blood is made in organs such as the liver and the spleen, instead of in the bone marrow.
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A procedure that uses gold salts (a salt form of the metal element gold) to treat diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis.
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A drug used in the treatment of hypercalcemia (abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood) and cancer that has spread to the bone (bone metastases).
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The only vitamin that contains a metal, and the only one the liver can stockpile for years at a time.
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A radioactive form of the metal cobalt, which is used as a source of radiation to treat cancer.
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A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.
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A series of x-ray pictures of the esophagus taken after a patient drinks a liquid containing barium sulfate (a form of the silver-white metallic element barium).
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Cyanide is a fast acting poison that blocks cells from using oxygen, found in certain plants, smoke, and industrial chemicals.
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White cell counts that rise and fall on a roughly three week schedule, so illness arrives on a predictable timetable.
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A form of the anticancer drug cytarabine that is contained inside very tiny, fat-like particles.
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A group of enzymes involved in drug metabolism and found in high levels in the liver.
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A drug that is used to treat myelodysplastic syndromes and is being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.
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A drug that is used to treat myelodysplastic syndromes and is being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.
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Delirium is a sudden, fluctuating disturbance of attention and awareness that develops over hours to days, distinct from the gradual decline of dementia.
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A form of the anticancer drug cytarabine that is contained inside very tiny, fat-like particles.
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