intraductal papilloma
An intraductal papilloma is a benign, wart like growth within a breast milk duct that can cause nipple discharge.
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An investigator is the researcher responsible for designing, conducting, or overseeing a clinical trial or research study.
Read definitionKahler disease
A type of cancer that begins in plasma cells (white blood cells that produce antibodies).
Read definitionlactoferrin
Lactoferrin is an iron binding protein in milk and other secretions that helps limit bacterial growth as part of innate immune defense.
Read definitionLangerhans cell histiocytosis
Long filed as an odd inflammatory reaction, it is now recognized as a clonal growth driven by a mutation in one signaling route.
Read definitionlaparotomy
A laparotomy is an open surgical incision through the abdominal wall, performed to directly examine, diagnose, or treat conditions inside the abdominal cavity.
Read definitionleukemia
A cancer with no lump to find, because the affected cells travel in the bloodstream instead of forming a mass.
Read definitionLhermitte's sign
Lhermitte's sign is an electric shock like sensation down the spine triggered by bending the neck forward, pointing to spinal cord irritation.
Read definitionLi-Fraumeni syndrome
A rare, inherited predisposition to multiple cancers, caused by an alteration in the p53 tumor suppressor gene.
Read definitionliver metastasis
The liver filters blood arriving straight from the gut, which is why so many cancers place their first distant deposit there.
Read definitionlymphadenopathy
Lymphadenopathy is enlargement of one or more lymph nodes, a common finding that can reflect infection, inflammation, or, less often, malignancy.
Read definitionlymphocytic leukemia
One name covers two diseases that differ in nearly everything except the cell they come from: pace, age and urgency.
Read definitionlymphoproliferative disorder
A broad label covering uncontrolled growth of immune cells, from harmless reactive swelling through to outright lymphoma.
Read definitionMEN syndrome
An inherited condition that may result in the development of cancers of the endocrine system.
Read definitionMEN1 syndrome
A rare, inherited disorder that affects the endocrine glands and can cause tumors in the parathyroid and pituitary glands and the pancreas.
Read definitionmetasynchronous
Metasynchronous describes a second finding, such as a related tumor, identified within a short interval of the first rather than at the same time.
Read definitionMGUS
MGUS is a generally symptomless blood finding that carries a modest, ongoing risk of eventually progressing to multiple myeloma or a related condition.
Read definitionmicroRNA
MicroRNA is the full name behind the abbreviation miRNA, a short RNA molecule that silences messenger RNAs rather than coding for a protein itself.
Read definitionmitoxantrone
A drug used to treat advanced prostate cancer that does not respond to hormones, adult acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, and advanced or chronic multiple sclerosis.
Read definitionmold
Whether mold matters to health depends far more on the species and on the person exposed than on the presence of mold itself.
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