Medical terms beginning with C

The combination that first proved chemotherapy after surgery could stop breast cancer returning, now largely overtaken by newer schedules.

CML is a slow progressing blood cancer marked by overproduction of white blood cells, most often driven by a specific chromosomal abnormality.

A marrow disorder sitting between two families of blood disease, defined by a stubbornly high count of one white cell type.

CMV is the abbreviation for cytomegalovirus, a herpesvirus that most often causes no illness but can be serious during pregnancy or immune suppression.

A substance found in certain plants, including blessed thistle.

CNS designates the brain and spinal cord together, the central hub that processes information and coordinates the body's motor and sensory activity.

Cancer that has spread from the original (primary) tumor to the central nervous system (CNS).

A type of cancer that arises from a particular type of cell within the brain or spinal cord.

Chemotherapy or radiation therapy given to the central nervous system (CNS) as a preventive treatment.

Chemotherapy or radiation therapy given to the central nervous system (CNS) as a preventive treatment.

A tumor of the central nervous system (CNS), including brain stem glioma, craniopharyngioma, medulloblastoma, and meningioma.

A chimeric (made from human and mouse proteins) monoclonal antibody being studied in the treatment of advanced kidney cancer and other types of cancer.

Growing two cell types side by side, because a cell studied in isolation answers only half of the question.

A drug used in the treatment of infections caused by bacteria and protozoa.

A T cell that has been coated with monoclonal antibodies to enhance its ability to kill tumor cells.

The only vitamin that contains a metal, and the only one the liver can stockpile for years at a time.

A radioactive form of the metal cobalt, which is used as a source of radiation to treat cancer.

The coccyx, or tailbone, is the small triangular bone at the base of the spine formed from several fused segments.

A rare inherited disorder of DNA repair marked by failure to grow, sun sensitivity and a progressive loss of skills.

An alternative practice with a long history in fringe cancer regimens and no demonstrated effect against any disease.