Cancer and Oncology Terms

A drug that is used to treat impotence (inability to have an erection) and is being studied in the treatment of sexual problems in men who have had surgery for prostate cancer.

A substance used to detect prostate cancer.

An imaging test used to detect prostate cancer.

The hard part is not finding it but judging which ones need treating, since many would never have caused harm.

A drug used to treat breast cancer that has spread or that has come back within 6 months after chemotherapy.

A substance being studied in the treatment of certain types of head and neck cancer.

A targeted prodrug consisting of a recombinant modified form of the Aeromonas protoxin proaerolysin (PA), bearing a prostate-specific protease cleavage site, with potential antineoplastic activity.

A drug used to treat multiple myeloma.

A brief rise and then fall in the blood level of PSA (prostate-specific antigen) that occurs in some patients 1-3 years after receiving radiation treatment for prostate cancer.

A rise in the blood level of PSA (prostate-specific antigen) in prostate cancer patients after treatment with surgery or radiation.

A structure found in some benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer) tumor cells.

A substance that is being studied for its ability to prevent or overcome the resistance of tumor cells to some anticancer drugs.

An older spelling that persists in drug indexes and research listings, kept alive by cataloging rather than by any difference in chemistry.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer, including certain types of lung, pancreas, and brain cancer.

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

A cancer vaccine containing plasmid DNA encoding human prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) (pTVG-HP) with potential immunostimulatory and antineoplastic activities.

A type of lung cancer that begins in the upper part of a lung and spreads to nearby tissues such as the ribs and vertebrae.

A type of photodynamic therapy used to treat skin conditions such as psoriasis, vitiligo, and skin nodules of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

An injectable ten percent solution of rose bengal disodium, an iodinated fluorescein derivative, with potential antineoplastic and radiosensitizing activities.

A cancer vaccine containing xenogenic DNA from rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) that encodes prostate specific antigen (PSA) with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities.