Medical terms beginning with P

A drug given during chemotherapy to increase blood cell regeneration.

An old antihistamine kept in use less for allergy than for the two side effects it produces reliably: sleepiness and the settling of nausea.

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

(Other name for: porfiromycin)

An aggressive (fast-growing) type of acute myeloid leukemia in which there are too many immature blood-forming cells in the blood and bone marrow.

Timing is the whole distinction: the same medicine is prophylactic before a problem appears and therapeutic once it has.

Radiation therapy to the head to reduce the risk that cancer will spread to the brain.

Breast removal chosen before any cancer exists, lowering risk sharply while never quite reducing it to zero.

Surgery intended to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer by removing the ovaries before disease develops.

Surgery to remove an organ or gland that shows no signs of cancer, in an attempt to prevent development of cancer of that organ or gland.

Prophylaxis is a deliberate measure, such as a medication or vaccine, taken to prevent a specific disease or complication before it occurs.

Speed is the whole point: it takes effect within a breath or two and lets go just as fast, and it provides no pain relief.

A thiourea derivative with antithyroid property.

Proscar is the brand name for finasteride, a medication used to treat an enlarged prostate gland in men.

In medicine, a study or clinical trial in which participants are identified and then followed forward in time.

A research study that follows over time groups of individuals who are alike in many ways but differ by a certain characteristic (for example, female nurses who smoke and those who do not smoke) and…

A monoclonal antibody that is being studied in the detection and treatment of cancer.

Prostaglandins are lipid signaling compounds made throughout the body that promote inflammation, pain, fever, and smooth muscle contraction.

A drug that is used to treat impotence (inability to have an erection) and is being studied in the treatment of sexual problems in men who have had surgery for prostate cancer.

An enzyme that speeds up the formation of substances that cause inflammation and pain.