Cancer and Oncology Terms

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat breast cancer.

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat breast cancer.

A phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia in which the disease is progressing.

A form of carnitine that reaches the brain, sold as a supplement and studied mostly for nerve damage and memory.

A form of the natural substance carnitine that is being studied as a way to prevent tissue damage caused by chemotherapy.

Acitretin is an oral retinoid approved to treat severe psoriasis and also used off label to help reduce new skin cancers in certain transplant recipients.

A substance that has been studied in the treatment of some types of cancer.

A substance being studied in the prevention of breast cancer in women at high risk of breast cancer.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

Often easier to feel than to see, these sandpaper patches mark skin that has absorbed decades of ultraviolet damage.

In cancer prevention clinical trials, a study that focuses on finding out whether actions people take can prevent cancer.

Actos is the brand name for pioglitazone, an oral medication that improves the body's response to insulin in type 2 diabetes.

Immature blood cells fill the marrow, so the illness comes from what is missing rather than from what is present.

An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the blood and bone marrow.

An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the blood and bone marrow.

An aggressive (fast-growing) disease in which too many myeloblasts (immature white blood cells that are not lymphoblasts) are found in the bone marrow and blood.

The damage comes less from the tumor itself than from what stops being made once the marrow fills with blasts.

An aggressive (fast-growing) disease in which too many myeloblasts (immature white blood cells that are not lymphoblasts) are found in the bone marrow and blood.

A drug used to treat bladder cancer that does not respond to BCG (Bacillus Calmette Guerin).

Three fields use the same three letters, and only context separates a safety report from a chemotherapy schedule.