Blood and Lymphatic System Terms

A monoclonal antibody that binds to cells that have the CD30 antigen on their surface, including Hodgkin disease cells and cells from anaplastic large cell lymphoma, and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

A monoclonal antibody that binds to cells that have the CD40 antigen on their surface, including cells from multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

A rare, inherited disorder in which the pancreas and bone marrow do not work the way they should.

An inherited fault in assembling ribosomes that starves the pancreas and the marrow of machinery they need more than most tissues.

A monoclonal antibody that is being studied in the treatment of certain lymphoproliferative disorders and psoriasis.

Sirolimus is an immunosuppressant medication used to prevent organ transplant rejection by blocking a key pathway that drives immune cell growth.

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of lymphoma.

An indolent (slow-growing) type of lymphoma in which too many immature lymphocytes (white blood cells) are found mostly in the lymph nodes.

A group of diseases in which the bone marrow does not make enough healthy blood cells.

A substance being studied in the treatment of certain solid tumors, lymphoma, and myeloma.

An immune cell such as a T or B lymphocyte that responds to a single, specific antigen.

A cord-like structure in the male reproductive system that contains nerves, blood and lymph vessels, and the vas deferens (a coiled tube that carries sperm out of the testicle).

A fist-sized filter tucked under the left ribs, sorting worn-out blood cells from good ones and screening blood for infection.

A splenectomy is a surgical procedure that removes all or part of the spleen, performed for injury, disease, or certain blood disorders.

Having to do with the spleen (an organ in the abdomen that makes immune cells, filters the blood, stores blood cells, and destroys old blood cells).

Splenomegaly is enlargement of the spleen beyond its expected size.

Sprycel is the brand name for dasatinib, a targeted drug used to treat certain leukemias driven by an abnormal fusion protein.

Three letters for an antimony compound whose established job is a parasitic infection, not the cancer research the abbreviation is usually filed under.

Stage I AIDS-related lymphoma is divided into stages I and IE.

White cells schooled in a gland behind the breastbone, and the reason a transplanted organ is recognized as belonging to somebody else.