Cancer and Oncology Terms

A method used to determine the stage of cancer (extent of cancer in the body).

The hydrochloride salt of a small molecule inhibitor of multiple protein tyrosine kinases with potential antineoplastic activity.

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

A mixture of eight herbs that has been sold as a dietary supplement and promoted as a way to keep the prostate healthy and to treat prostate cancer.

Primary CNS lymphoma.

An orally available pyridopyrimidine-derived cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor with potential antineoplastic activity.

An orally bioavailable, synthetic organic molecule targeting mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MAPK/ERK kinase or MEK) with potential antineoplastic activity.

Peau d'orange describes dimpled skin from blocked lymphatic drainage, notably in inflammatory breast cancer but also seen in lymphedema.

A drug used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

A covalent conjugate of recombinant interferon alfa, subtype 2a, and polyethylene glycol (PEG), used as an antiviral and antineoplastic agent.

A covalent conjugate of recombinant interferon alpha, subtype 2b, and polyethylene glycol (PEG), used as an antiviral and antineoplastic agent.

A complex of polyethylene glycol conjugated with human recombinant cytokine interleukin-2 (IL-2) with antineoplastic activity.

A substance being studied in the treatment of melanoma, liver cancer, and other types of cancer.

A liposome-encapsulated form of the hydrochloride salt of the anthracycline antineoplastic antibiotic doxorubicin.

A substance being studied in the prevention of cancer.

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

Surgery to remove lymph nodes in the pelvis for examination under a microscope to see if they contain cancer.

A synthetic derivative of pyrimidine with antineoplastic activity.

Penile cancer is a rare malignancy usually beginning in the skin of the penis, often diagnosed as a visible lesion or change on the surface.

A principal metabolite of hexamethylmelamine with antineoplastic activity.