lapatinib
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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213 matcheslinear accelerator
A machine that drives electrons down a straight tube to near the speed of light and turns them into a treatment beam.
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Anything shifting salt and water balance shifts lithium with it, which is why dehydration and several everyday drugs push blood levels upward.
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Liver cancer includes primary tumors starting in the liver itself and, more commonly, secondary tumors that spread there from cancer elsewhere in the body.
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A substance that contains the metal platinum and may kill cancer cells by damaging their DNA and stopping them from dividing.
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A lobule is a small subdivision of a larger lobe within an organ, forming part of the organ's internal structural and functional units.
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A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer using photodynamic therapy.
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A noninvasive imaging method that provides information about cellular activity (metabolic information).
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A byproduct of lipid (fat) metabolism in the body.
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A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer and other conditions.
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Three chemical forms with three different hazards, which is why an exposure cannot be judged from the word mercury alone.
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A drug used to treat some types of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, and severe skin conditions, such as psoriasis.
Read definitionneoplastic 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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Neurotoxicity refers to damage to nerve tissue caused by exposure to a toxic substance, whether a chemical, drug, or naturally occurring toxin.
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Nitric acid is a strong, corrosive industrial chemical, distinct from nitric oxide, the body's own blood vessel signaling molecule.
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Cancer in which the site of the primary (original) tumor cannot be found.
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An osteolytic process breaks down bone tissue faster than the body can rebuild it, often appearing as a darkened area on imaging.
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Oxidation is a chemical reaction in which atoms or molecules lose electrons, a process linked in the body to both essential metabolism and cellular damage.
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An oxide is any compound formed when oxygen chemically combines with another element, a category spanning substances as different as water, rust, and certain plant oils.
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To oxidize is to react chemically with oxygen or a similar substance, a process linked in the body to both energy production and cell damage.
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