General Medical Terms

A radioactive form of palladium (a metallic element that resembles platinum).

A small, radioactive pellet that is placed in or near a tumor.

A type of radiation therapy used to treat liver cancer that is advanced or has come back.

A method that uses radioactive substances to make pictures of areas inside the body.

The use of radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies to help diagnose diseases, including cancer.

An unstable form of a chemical element that releases radiation as it breaks down and becomes more stable.

Any compound that has been joined with a radioactive substance.

An unstable form of a chemical element that releases radiation as it breaks down and becomes more stable.

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.

A substance that is used to improve the health of the digestive system and bones and is being studied in the prevention of colon cancer.

A substance that acts quickly to treat moderate to severe pain.

A short piece of the ras protein, which is made by the ras gene.

An eastern North American perennial herb.

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

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of infections caused by fungi.

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

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

Recombinant describes DNA, proteins, or organisms engineered in a laboratory by joining genetic material from more than one source.

A form of tissue plasminogen activator that is made in the laboratory.

Getting better is not one event but a slope, and where the slope stops is what the word has to describe.