total pancreatectomy
Surgery to remove the entire pancreas.
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133 matchestrachelectomy
Surgery to remove the cervix (the end of the uterus that forms a canal between the uterus and the vagina).The upper part of the vagina and certain pelvic lymph nodes may also be removed.
Read definitionangina
Chest discomfort that arrives on exertion and leaves at rest is the heart complaining about a supply line that has narrowed.
Read definitionEwing sarcoma
Ewing sarcoma is an aggressive childhood and adolescent cancer of bone or soft tissue, marked by a characteristic chromosomal translocation involving the EWSR1 gene.
Read definitionextrauterine pregnancy
The rarer implantation sites are the difficult ones, being harder to see on a scan and behaving differently from a pregnancy in the tube.
Read definitionlymph node dissection
Removing a block of nodes tells surgeons how far a cancer has traveled, at the cost of the drainage those nodes provided.
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A tumor that can sit silently for years or flood the body with adrenaline, depending on where it happens to grow.
Read definitionabdominal x-ray
A quick plain film of the belly that is read mainly from the pattern of gas rather than from the organs themselves.
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A finding rather than a diagnosis: something occupying the space beside the womb, which could be any of a dozen things.
Read definitionballoon catheter radiation
A system used to deliver internal radiation therapy to breast cancer patients after surgery to remove their cancer.
Read definitionbreast reconstruction
Surgery to rebuild the shape of the breast after a mastectomy.
Read definitionbreast-conserving surgery
An operation to remove the breast cancer but not the breast itself.
Read definitionbreast-sparing surgery
An operation to remove the breast cancer but not the breast itself.
Read definitioncarbon monoxide
Colorless and odorless, carbon monoxide binds hemoglobin far more strongly than oxygen does, reducing the blood's capacity to deliver oxygen to tissue.
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The older name survives in speech, though modern scanners sweep in a spiral and the axial part of it no longer describes them.
Read definitionCNS PNET
A type of cancer that arises from a particular type of cell within the brain or spinal cord.
Read definitioncomputed tomography scan
A plain x-ray flattens the body into one picture, while slicing it apart separates structures that would otherwise be stacked on top of each other.
Read definitioncraniotomy
A craniotomy creates a temporary opening in the skull to give surgeons direct access to the brain for a planned neurosurgical procedure.
Read definitiondental implant
It replaces the root rather than the visible tooth, and everything above the gum line simply attaches to what is anchored in bone.
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A DIEP flap is a breast reconstruction technique that uses lower abdominal skin and fat while preserving the underlying muscle.
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