Cancer and Oncology Terms

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A synthetic derivative of hydroxamic acid with antineoplastic properties, Pyroxamide inhibits histone deacetylases involved in transcription; induces hyperacetylation of core histones, modulating…

A drug used to treat pain caused by bone cancer and other cancers that have spread to the bones.

Surgical removal of the region of the breast (approximately one quarter) containing cancer.

R-CHOP is a five drug chemotherapy and immunotherapy combination that is the standard treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

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

A substance that is being studied for its ability to make cancer cells respond to drugs to which they have become resistant.

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other types of cancer.

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

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer and certain other diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis.

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

A type of radiation therapy in which radioactive material sealed in needles, seeds, wires, or catheters is placed directly into or near a tumor.

A radiation oncologist plans and oversees radiation treatment for cancer, working alongside surgeons and medical oncologists as part of a coordinated care team.

A type of external radiation therapy that uses special equipment to position the patient and precisely give a single large dose of radiation to a tumor.

Treatment can come from a machine outside the body, from a source placed inside it, or from a radioactive drug carried in the blood.

Surgery to remove a tumor and a large amount of normal tissue surrounding it.

A surgical procedure to remove most or all of the lymph nodes that drain lymph from the area around a tumor.

Surgery for breast cancer in which the breast, chest muscles, and all of the lymph nodes under the arm are removed.

A drug that contains a radioactive substance and is used to diagnose or treat disease, including cancer.

Iodine carrying a radioactive label, taken up by thyroid cells so that it can either photograph them or destroy them.