Cancer and Oncology Terms

A type of external radiation therapy used to treat patients who have cancer in the brain.

A type of external radiation therapy used to treat patients who have cancer in the brain.

Surgery to cut out the cancer and some healthy tissue around it.

Wilms tumor is the most common kidney cancer in children, usually diagnosed before school age and often highly treatable.

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

A type of radiation therapy that uses high-energy radiation from x-rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.

Xeloda is the brand name for capecitabine, an oral chemotherapy drug converted in the body into its active anticancer form.

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat colorectal cancer that has spread.

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat colorectal cancer that has spread.

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

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

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

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

A radiolabeled monoclonal antibody that is used to treat certain types of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma and is being studied in the treatment of other types of B-cell tumors.

A radiolabeled monoclonal antibody that is used to treat certain types of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma and is being studied in the treatment of other types of B-cell tumors.

A substance that may be found in higher-than-normal amounts in the blood of patients with certain types of cancer and inflammatory diseases.

A substance that is being studied as a treatment for advanced prostate cancer and for pain caused by prostate cancer that has spread to the bone.

A radiolabeled monoclonal antibody that is used to treat certain types of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma and is being studied in the treatment of other types of B-cell tumors.

A brand name that never launched: the drug behind it survived, changed disease, and reached the market under another name.

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