Medical terms beginning with C

A substance made from the flower of the marigold plant Calendula officinalis.

A protein that is made by many different types of cells and is involved in processes that take place both inside and outside of the cell.

A protein that is made by many different types of cells and is involved in processes that take place both inside and outside of the cell.

Refers to the number of calories (energy content) consumed.

On nutrition labels, the Calorie is actually a kilocalorie, one thousand times the small calorie used as the strict scientific unit of energy.

The label groups acupuncture with herbal remedies and meditation, practices sharing nothing except their position outside conventional care.

A monoclonal antibody used to treat leukemia.

The smell of a chest rub, and one of the few household remedies that regularly sends small children to an emergency department.

An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called topoisomerase inhibitors.

An anticancer drug related in structure to camptothecin, a topoisomerase inhibitor.

Not one disease but hundreds, grouped by the tissue they start in, and it is invasion and spread that separate them from harmless growths.

A substance that may be found in high amounts in the blood of patients with certain types of cancer, including ovarian cancer.

The occurrence of a larger-than-expected number of cases of cancer within a group of people in a geographic area over a period of time.

The Cancer Information Service is the National Cancer Institute's link to the public, interpreting and explaining research findings in a clear and understandable manner, and providing personalized…

A rare cancer that forms in the outer layer of tissue of the adrenal gland (a small organ on top of each kidney that makes steroid hormones, adrenaline, and noradrenaline to control heart rate…

Cancer vaccines fall into two categories, preventive vaccines against cancer-causing viruses and therapeutic vaccines that train the immune system to attack existing tumors.

A condition in which Candida albicans, a type of yeast, grows out of control in moist skin areas of the body.

A condition in which Candida albicans, a type of yeast, grows out of control in moist skin areas of the body.

A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer.

A protein that can stimulate an immune response.