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Doctor is a courtesy title held across many professions, while physician names a specific license with a legally defined scope.
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157 matchespositron emission tomography scan
A procedure in which a small amount of radioactive glucose (sugar) is injected into a vein, and a scanner is used to make detailed, computerized pictures of areas inside the body where the glucose…
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A substance used to detect prostate cancer.
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An imaging test used to detect prostate cancer.
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An injectable ten percent solution of rose bengal disodium, an iodinated fluorescein derivative, with potential antineoplastic and radiosensitizing activities.
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A drug used to treat pain caused by bone cancer and other cancers that have spread to the bones.
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A type of radiation therapy in which radioactive material sealed in needles, seeds, wires, or catheters is placed directly into or near a tumor.
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A radiation oncologist plans and oversees radiation treatment for cancer, working alongside surgeons and medical oncologists as part of a coordinated care team.
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A type of external radiation therapy that uses special equipment to position the patient and precisely give a single large dose of radiation to a tumor.
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Nothing about the gas can be sensed, so the only way to learn whether a building holds it is to measure the air.
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A type of internal radiation treatment in which the radioactive source is removed between treatments.
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A substance being studied for its ability to increase the effectiveness of radiation therapy.
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A radioactive substance used in the treatment of bone cancer and bone metastases (cancers that have spread from the original tumor to the bone).
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One word covers several unrelated technologies, so the type of scan performed, not the word itself, decides what the pictures can show.
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A scanner is an imaging instrument, such as a CT, MRI, or ultrasound machine, that produces detailed pictures of internal body structures.
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A procedure that produces pictures (scans) of structures inside the body, including areas where there are cancer cells.
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A type of breast imaging test that is used to detect cancer cells in the breasts of some women who have had abnormal mammograms, or who have dense breast tissue.
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Removal and examination of the sentinel node(s) (the first lymph node(s) to which cancer cells are likely to spread from a primary tumor).
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The use of dyes and radioactive substances to identify the first lymph node to which cancer is likely to spread from the primary tumor.
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A type of breast imaging test that is used to detect cancer cells in the breasts of some women who have had abnormal mammograms, or who have dense breast tissue.
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