Cancer and Oncology Terms

A chemotherapy combination used to treat endometrial, ovarian, head and neck cancers, and non-small cell lung cancer that has spread.

A substance being studied in the treatment of prostate cancer, multiple myeloma, and other types of cancer.

A type of monoclonal antibody used in cancer detection or therapy.

A drug that is similar to thalidomide, and is used to treat multiple myeloma and certain types of anemia.

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

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

A chimeric (made from human and mouse proteins) monoclonal antibody being studied in the treatment of advanced kidney cancer and other types of cancer.

A protein being studied in the treatment of cancer.

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

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

A treatment used to help the immune system fight diseases, such as cancer and infections with certain viruses.

Cancer that has spread from the original (primary) tumor to the central nervous system (CNS).

Chemotherapy or radiation therapy given to the central nervous system (CNS) as a preventive treatment.

A tumor of the central nervous system, including brain stem glioma, craniopharyngioma, medulloblastoma, and meningioma.

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

A drug being studied in the treatment of acute leukemias and some other types of cancer.

A benign, slow-growing tumor in the cerebellum (part of the brain at the back of the head), made up of abnormal blood vessel growth.

Years usually pass between the first abnormal cells and an invasive tumor, and that long window is what screening exploits.

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

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.