Medical terms beginning with P

Treatment given to relieve the symptoms and reduce the suffering caused by cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

A condition marked by pain, swelling, numbness, tingling, or redness of the hands or feet.

The active ingredient in a drug used to treat nausea and vomiting caused by cancer treatment.

The hydrochloride salt of palonosetron, a carbazole derivative and a selective serotonin receptor antagonist with antiemetic activity.

A term used to describe cancer that can be felt by touch, usually present in lymph nodes, skin, or other organs of the body such as the liver or colon.

Examination by pressing on the surface of the body to feel the organs or tissues underneath.

A rapid or irregular heartbeat that a person can feel.

A drug that is used to treat hypercalcemia (too much calcium in the blood) and cancer that has spread to the bones.

The disodium salt of the synthetic bisphosphonate pamidronate.

An orally bioavailable pan inhibitor of human fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs) with potential antiangiogenic and antineoplastic activities.

A pyrrolotriazine-based compound and a pan inhibitor of receptor tyrosine kinases with potential antineoplastic activity.

An aminofurazan-derived inhibitor of Akt kinases with potential antineoplastic activity.

An orally bioavailable, small-molecule pan-HER tyrosine kinase inhibitor with potential antineoplastic and radiosensitizing activities.

A water soluble, small-molecule prodrug containing the pan-PI3K/mTOR inhibitor LY294002/SF1101 conjugated to the RGD-containing tetra-peptide SF1174 with potential antineoplastic and antiangiogenic…

An orally bioavailable inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) and Tie2 receptor tyrosine kinases with potential antiangiogenic and antineoplastic activities.

A panacea is a supposed remedy claimed to cure every disease or solve every health problem.

A type of lung cancer that begins in the upper part of a lung and spreads to nearby tissues such as the ribs and vertebrae.

A glandular organ located in the abdomen.

Surgery to remove all or part of the pancreas.

Having to do with the pancreas.