necrosis
Cells dying by accident spill their contents and inflame the area around them, unlike the body's orderly disposal of unwanted cells.
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23 matchesbisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis
The necrosis (death) of bone tissue caused by treatment with a bisphosphonate (a drug or substance used to treat osteoporosis, bone pain caused by some types of cancer, and high blood calcium).
Read definitionfat necrosis
Fat necrosis is a benign condition in which damaged fat tissue can form a firm lump that closely mimics cancer on examination and imaging.
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The death of healthy tissue caused by radiation therapy.
Read definitionBON
An abbreviation from older drug references for jaw bone that dies and stays exposed during treatment with bone strengthening medicines.
Read definitionApo-2L
A cell protein that can attach to certain molecules in some cancer cells and may kill the cells.
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A protein being studied in the treatment of cancer.
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Cytokines are small signaling proteins that immune cells release to coordinate inflammation and communication between cells during infection or injury.
Read definitiondeath receptor 4
A protein on the surface of certain cells that binds another protein called TRAIL, which may kill some cancer cells.
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A protein on the surface of certain cells that binds another protein called TRAIL, which may kill some cancer cells.
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A protein on the surface of certain cells that binds another protein called TRAIL, which may kill some cancer cells.
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A protein on the surface of certain cells that binds another protein called TRAIL, which may kill some cancer cells.
Read definitionfungating lesion
A type of skin lesion that is marked by ulcerations (breaks on the skin or surface of an organ) and necrosis (death of living tissue) and that usually has a bad smell.
Read definitionOX-40
A protein being studied in the treatment of cancer.
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A vascular-acting photosensitizer consisting of a water-soluble, palladium-substituted bacteriochlorophyll derivative with potential antineoplastic activity.
Read definitionpalladium-bacteriopheophorbide
A novel palladium-substituted bacteriochlorophyll derivative and photosensitizer with potential antitumor activity.
Read definitionpicibanil
A lyophilized formulation containing cultures of a low-virulent strain of Streptococcus pyogenes, treated and killed with pencillin G, with potential sclerosing, immunostimulating and antineoplastic…
Read definitionporfimer sodium
The sodium salt of a mixture of oligomers formed by ether and ester linkages of up to eight porphyrin units with photodynamic activity.
Read definitionTNF-bound colloidal gold
A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer.
Read definitionTNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand
TNF related apoptosis inducing ligand, or TRAIL, is a natural immune protein that triggers programmed cell death in certain abnormal or infected cells.
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