Reproductive, Pregnancy and Breast Health Terms

(Other name for: recombinant vaccinia prostate-specific antigen vaccine)

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

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.

PSA is a protein measured in the blood that reflects prostate gland activity and can be elevated by cancer or noncancerous conditions.

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.

This blood test measures prostate specific antigen, a protein that can rise with prostate cancer but also with several noncancerous prostate conditions.

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

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

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

Surgery to remove the uterus, cervix, and part of the vagina.

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

Surgery to remove all of the prostate through an incision between the scrotum and the anus.

Removal of the whole prostate rather than part of it, performed to cure cancer that still appears confined to the gland.

Surgery to remove all of the prostate and nearby lymph nodes through an incision in the wall of the abdomen.

Surgery to remove the entire vulva (the external female genital organs, including the clitoris, vaginal lips, and the opening to the vagina) and nearby lymph nodes.

Raloxifene is a medication used to prevent and treat osteoporosis and to lower breast cancer risk in certain postmenopausal women.

A drug used to reduce the risk of invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women who are at high risk of the disease or who have osteoporosis.

An approved antibody that starves tumors of new blood vessels by occupying the receptor rather than the growth signal itself.

A doctor who can surgically reshape or rebuild (reconstruct) a part of the body, such as a woman's breast after surgery for breast cancer.