Cancer and Oncology Terms

Cancer that is likely to recur (come back), or spread.

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

An outdated term referring to non-Hodgkin lymphomas made up of large abnormal lymphoid cells.

A drug that leaves chemical tags in place on the spools DNA winds around, changing which genes a cell can reach.

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

A rare inherited disorder that increases the risk of developing benign (not cancer) tumors of the skin and the uterus (leiomyomas) and malignant (cancer) tumors of the uterus (leiomyosarcoma) and…

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

The inherited cancer syndrome named for the polyps it does not produce, now generally called Lynch syndrome for exactly that reason.

The older name for a lymphoma that stands apart from every other one, in the cell that defines it and in the way it spreads.

Painless swelling of a node in the neck is the usual opening, sometimes with drenching night sweats and a fever that comes and goes.

A test to measure the amount of certain proteins, called hormone receptors, in cancer tissue.

In oncology, describes cancer that responds to hormone treatment.

A vaccine used to prevent genital warts, cervical cancer, vulvar cancer, and vaginal cancer caused by certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV).

A gene that may cause cancer when it is mutated (changed).

Cells of the uterine cervix that are moderately or severely abnormal and may become cancer.

A type of virus that infects T cells (a type of white blood cell) and can cause leukemia and lymphoma.

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

A monoclonal antibody being studied in the treatment of several types of cancer.

A monoclonal antibody that binds to the protein MUC1, which is found on breast, ovarian, pancreatic, gastric, and colon cancer cells.

A monoclonal antibody being studied in the treatment of advanced multiple myeloma.