Cancer and Oncology Terms

A gel injection that shuts down testosterone production for months at a time, after first pushing the level higher.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

An embolism is a sudden blockage of a blood vessel by material that traveled there from elsewhere in the bloodstream.

Named for the tissue it imitates rather than the tissue it came from, which is why it appears in places holding no muscle.

A mass of rapidly growing cells that begins in embryonic (fetal) tissue.

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

A drug used together with other drugs to prevent and control nausea and vomiting caused by cancer treatment.

Enalapril is an ACE inhibitor that relaxes blood vessels, used broadly to treat high blood pressure and heart failure.

An enchondroma is a benign cartilage growth within bone, most often found in the small bones of the hand and often discovered incidentally.

Cancer that occurs in endocrine tissue, the tissue in the body that secretes hormones.

A tumor that is found in endocrine tissue but does not make extra hormones.

Endometrial cancer arises in the lining of the uterus and typically announces itself through abnormal vaginal bleeding, especially bleeding after menopause.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A drug that blocks the hormone endothelin and may prevent prostate cancer from spreading to the bones.

In medicine, the removal of an organ or tumor in such a way that it comes out clean and whole, like a nut from its shell.

A substance being studied in the treatment of certain types of cancer, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma, breast, colon, lung, ovarian, and prostate.

A type of brain tumor that begins in cells lining the spinal cord central canal (fluid-filled space down the center) or the ventricles (fluid-filled spaces of the brain).

A tumor growing from the lining of the brain's fluid spaces, able to shed cells into that fluid and settle further down.

Cancer that begins in squamous cells (thin, flat cells that look like fish scales).

A substance that is being studied as a treatment for cancer.