extracorporeal photopheresis
A procedure in which blood is removed from the body and treated with ultraviolet light and drugs that become active when exposed to light.
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99 matchesextracranial
Outside of the cranium (bones that surround the brain).
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A rare cancer that forms in germ cells in the testicle or ovary, or in germ cells that have traveled to areas of the body other than the brain (such as the chest, abdomen, or tailbone).
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An extract is a concentrated preparation drawn from a plant, animal, or microorganism, used either as a medication itself or as an ingredient within one.
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An area of the body other than the ovaries or testes.
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A rare cancer that develops in germ cells that are found in areas of the body other than the ovary or testicle (such as the brain, chest, abdomen, or tailbone).
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Extrahepatic describes structures, findings, or disease processes located outside the liver, as distinguished from those confined within the liver itself.
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The part of the common hepatic bile duct (tube that collects bile from the liver) that is outside the liver.
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A rare cancer that forms in the part of the bile duct that is outside the liver.
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Refers to an area or organ outside of the lymph nodes.
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Extraocular describes structures or movements located outside the eyeball itself, such as the muscles that direct eye movement.
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Extraosseous findings or tissue occur outside the bone itself, a distinction that matters when a tumor or process could otherwise arise within it.
Read definitionextrapleural pneumonectomy
Surgery to remove a diseased lung, part of the pericardium (membrane covering the heart), part of the diaphragm (muscle between the lungs and the abdomen), and part of the parietal pleura (membrane…
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.
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The leakage of blood, lymph, or other fluid, such as an anticancer drug, from a blood vessel or tube into the tissue around it.
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A substance being studied for its ability to prevent damage to normal tissue caused by radiation therapy.
Read definitionpiperine extract (standardized)
A standardized extract containing the active alkaloid piperine, derived from the fruit of the plant Piper nigrum (black pepper) and/or the plant Piper longum L.
Read definitionpomegranate liquid extract
A liquid extract preparation derived from pomegranate (Punica granatum) seeds with antioxidant, and potential antineoplastic and chemopreventive activities.
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A pill formulation of polyphenol extracts derived from the fruit of the deciduous shrub Punica granatum with antioxidant and potential chemopreventive activities.
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A solid lump made of leukemia cells growing outside the marrow, which can appear before anything abnormal shows up in the blood.
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