Glossary index
Medical terms beginning with O
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O terms
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A drug used to treat certain medical conditions.
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A gene that is a mutated (changed) form of a gene involved in normal cell growth.
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A doctor who specializes in treating cancer.
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The study of cancer.
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A nurse who specializes in treating and caring for people who have cancer.
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A licensed pharmacist with special training in how to design, give, monitor, and change chemotherapy for cancer patients.
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An extract made from cancer cells.
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The lysis (breakdown) of cancer cells.
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Treatment using an oncolytic virus (a virus that infects and breaks down cancer cells but not normal cells ).
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A type of virus that infects and lyses (breaks down) cancer cells but not normal cells.
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Treatment using an oncolytic virus (a virus that infects and breaks down cancer cells but not normal cells ).
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A drug used to treat acute leukemia.
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The length of time it takes for a medicine to start to work.
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Surgery to remove one or both ovaries.
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An operation to remove all or part of the colon through a long incision made in the wall of the abdomen.
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A type of study in which both the health providers and the patients are aware of the drug or treatment being given.
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An operation to remove part or all of the prostate gland through an incision in the lower abdomen or perineum (the area between the anus and scrotum).
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Surgery to remove part or all of an organ or a tumor and nearby lymph nodes.
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Describes a condition that can be treated by surgery.
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Having to do with the eye.