Lung and Breathing Terms

A drug used to treat certain types of non-small cell lung cancer.

The gap between a helpful amount and a harmful one is narrow, which is why blood levels are checked during treatment.

One needle answers two questions at once, easing the pressure squeezing the lung and supplying the sample that explains why fluid gathered.

A surgeon who specializes in operating on organs inside the chest, including the heart and lungs.

The one place where the routes for breathing and swallowing share a corridor, which is why a swallow has to be so precisely timed.

A substance being studied in the treatment of diarrhea caused by infection with Clostridium difficile (a type of bacteria that can grow without oxygen) in cancer patients.

A drug used to treat testicular and small cell lung cancers.

A chemotherapy drug that jams the enzyme cells rely on to untangle DNA while they are copying it.

A drug used to treat certain types of ovarian cancer, lung cancer, and cervical cancer.

The trachea is the airway connecting the larynx to the bronchi, held open by rings of cartilage that keep it from collapsing.

A landmark as much as a structure: tube depth, biopsy sites and staging in the chest are all reckoned from this one ridge.

A small opening made by a surgeon between the esophagus and the trachea.

Whooping cough spreads easily and causes severe, prolonged coughing fits, posing the greatest danger to infants and young children.

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

The airway that leads from the larynx (voice box) to the bronchi (large airways that lead to the lungs).

What a yoga study measures depends on the style tested, since a restorative class and a heated flow class share little beyond the name.

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

A drug that is used to treat certain types of non-small cell lung cancer and is being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.

An asthma tablet that shuts down the enzyme making leukotrienes, rather than blocking the receptors those chemicals act on.

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