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A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer.
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Because gadolinium can pose risks for people with significantly reduced kidney function, its use during imaging is weighed carefully in that group.
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A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.
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A tumor that causes overproduction of gastric acid.
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A glucocorticoid is a steroid hormone that regulates metabolism and suppresses inflammation, produced naturally by the body or manufactured as medication.
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A family of enzymes involved in metabolism and in making toxic compounds less harmful to the body.
Read definitiongold therapy
A procedure that uses gold salts (a salt form of the metal element gold) to treat diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis.
Read definitiongrowth hormone
Growth hormone is a pituitary hormone that stimulates growth during childhood and continues regulating metabolism and tissue repair in adults.
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A drug used with another anticancer drug to treat breast cancer that is HER2 positive and has advanced or metastasized (spread to other parts of the body) after treatment with other drugs.
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Tumors that spread to the heart from cancer elsewhere in the body are considerably more common than cancer that originates in the heart itself.
Read definitionhepatic
Hepatic describes anything relating to, affecting, or associated with the liver, including its blood vessels, tissue, and function.
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/ heh-PA-toh-site /
A hepatocyte is the main parenchymal cell of the liver and carries out many of the organ’s metabolic, synthetic, and detoxifying functions.
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/ HEH-puh-toh-MEH-guh-lee /
Hepatomegaly is enlargement of the liver beyond its expected size.
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The damage comes from the response rather than the substance, as harmless proteins provoke a reaction built for parasites and pathogens.
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Hyperthyroidism speeds up the body's metabolism through excess thyroid hormone, most often caused by Graves disease, an autoimmune condition affecting the thyroid gland.
Read definitionidiopathic myelofibrosis
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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Iodine is an essential trace element required to make thyroid hormone, obtained from foods such as iodized salt and seafood.
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A substance being studied in the treatment of prostate and other types of cancer.
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A kinase is an enzyme that adds a phosphate group to another molecule, a reaction central to cell signaling, metabolism, and growth.
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Lactic acid is produced naturally in muscle and other tissue during energy metabolism and is also formed by bacteria that ferment food and skin products.
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