Glossary index
Medical terms beginning with C
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C terms
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A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.
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A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.
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A procedure in which a tube is inserted into the chest to view the tissues and organs in the area between the lungs and between the breastbone and heart.
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A type of external radiation therapy that uses a special machine to make invisible, high-energy particles (protons or helium ions) that kill cancer cells.
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A molecule with several arms that close around a metal ion, holding it so tightly the body passes it out unchanged.
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A procedure used to improve the way certain skin problems look.
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A procedure used to improve the way certain skin problems look.
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Water, oxygen and every medicine ever made are chemicals, so the word describes composition rather than whether something is natural or harmful.
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A phrase used in two quite different ways: a measurable disturbance in body chemistry, and a loose shorthand for mental illness.
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A chemical peel applies a solution to the skin to remove its outer layers, improving the appearance of scars, wrinkles, or sun damage.
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A procedure in which the blood supply to the tumor is blocked surgically or mechanically and anticancer drugs are administered directly into the tumor.
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Chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy.
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The use of drugs, vitamins, or other agents to try to reduce the risk of, or delay the development or recurrence of, cancer.
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In cancer prevention, a clinical trial that studies whether taking certain medicines, vitamins, minerals, or food supplements can prevent cancer.
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A quality of some drugs used in cancer treatment.
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Two treatments given in the same weeks so that one sensitizes the tumor to the other, at the cost of harsher side effects.
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Treatment that combines chemotherapy with radiation therapy.
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The susceptibility of tumor cells to the cell-killing effects of anticancer drugs.
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A laboratory test that measures the number of tumor cells that are killed by a cancer drug.
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A drug that makes tumor cells more sensitive to the effects of chemotherapy.