Medical terms beginning with I

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

A procedure that uses a computer to create a picture of a tumor to help guide the radiation beam during radiation therapy.

A technique in which the person focuses on positive images in his or her mind.

In medicine, a process that makes pictures of areas inside the body.

A method of producing pictures of areas inside the body.

A substance being studied in the treatment of breast cancer that has come back.

A substance being studied in the treatment of glioblastoma (a type of brain tumor) that has come back.

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

A rare type of malignant (cancer) germ cell tumor (type of tumor that begins in the cells that give rise to sperm or eggs) that often contains several different types of tissue such as hair, muscle…

A substance being studied in the treatment of several types of lymphoma.

A substance being studied in the treatment of multiple myeloma and several other types of cancer.

A drug that stimulates the immune system to respond to disease.

Production and action of cells that fight disease or infection.

The activity of the immune system against foreign substances (antigens).

The complex group of organs and cells that defends the body against infections and other diseases.

The failure of the immune system to respond to an antigen that previously caused an immune response.

A condition in which platelets (blood cells that cause blood clots to form) are destroyed by the immune system.

The condition of being protected against an infectious disease.

A technique used to cause an immune response that results in resistance to a specific disease, especially an infectious disease.

A test that uses the binding of antibodies to antigens to identify and measure certain substances.