Medical terms A–Z

A gene therapy product that is being studied in combination with radiation therapy in the treatment of cancer.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A plant with leaves that have high levels of the addictive chemical nicotine.

A substance that has been studied as an anticancer drug.

Toluene is a strong smelling industrial solvent whose vapors are toxic to the nervous system and other organs with significant exposure.

Tomography is the general technique of producing cross sectional images of the body's interior, applied across several different imaging technologies.

A type of therapy in which radiation is aimed at a tumor from many different directions.

Tonga is an alternate name for kava, a South Pacific plant whose root preparation is used traditionally for its calming and sedative effects.

Tongue cancer arises from tissue of the tongue and is classified as an oral cavity or throat cancer depending on the part affected.

Tonsil most often refers to the palatine tonsils, paired lymphoid masses at the back of the mouth that help screen inhaled and swallowed material.

A topical medication is applied directly to the skin or another body surface to act at that location rather than throughout the body.

Treatment with anticancer drugs in a lotion or cream applied to the skin.

A substance that blocks topoisomerases (enzymes that break and rejoin DNA strands and are needed for cells to divide and grow).

A drug used to treat testicular and small cell lung cancers.

A drug used to treat certain types of ovarian cancer, lung cancer, and cervical cancer.

A drug used to treat certain types of ovarian cancer, lung cancer, and cervical cancer.

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

A drug used to treat advanced renal cell carcinoma (a type of kidney cancer).

Robotic arms guided through the mouth allow this technique to reach throat and mouth tumors without an external neck incision.

A monoclonal antibody that is used in the treatment of certain types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.