Medical terms beginning with P

Describes cells that have a protein to which the hormone progesterone will bind.

A lab test to find out if cancer cells have progesterone receptors (proteins to which the hormone progesterone will bind).

A tablet preparation formulated for vaginal administration containing a micronized synthetic form of the endogenous steroid hormone progesterone with progesterone activity.

A manufactured hormone built to act like progesterone, and the second ingredient in almost every contraceptive pill.

(Other name for: diazoxide)

A statement about probability across many similar cases, which is why it can shift as new results and responses to treatment come in.

A situation or condition, or a characteristic of a patient, that can be used to estimate the chance of recovery from a disease or the chance of the disease recurring (coming back).

(Other name for: tacrolimus)

The point at which a disease is judged to be gaining ground, decided by measurement rather than by how a person feels.

Cancer that is growing, spreading, or getting worse.

(Other name for: sargramostim)

(Other name for: caricotamide/tretazicar)

(Other name for: aldesleukin)

Unlike a bisphosphonate, denosumab leaves the skeleton once dosing stops, and bone loss resumes quickly when it does.

Multiplying or increasing in number.

A measure of the number of cells in a tumor that are dividing (proliferating).

Prolixin is a brand name for a first generation antipsychotic medication used mainly to treat schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders.

(Other name for: therapeutic progesterone)

A type of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), in which too many immature white blood cells (prolymphocytes) are found in the blood and bone marrow.

Promacta is a brand name for eltrombopag, an oral medication that stimulates platelet production to treat certain causes of low platelet counts.