Reproductive, Pregnancy and Breast Health Terms

Denys-Drash syndrome is a rare genetic disorder combining early kidney failure, abnormal sexual development, and a high risk of Wilms tumor.

A drug whose harms surfaced a generation later, in the children exposed before birth rather than in the women who were treated.

DHT is a potent hormone derived from testosterone that drives male sexual development and contributes to prostate enlargement and pattern hair loss.

A diagnostic mammogram is a focused breast x-ray obtained to evaluate a specific finding, distinct from a routine screening mammogram in an asymptomatic person.

A DIEP flap is a breast reconstruction technique that uses lower abdominal skin and fat while preserving the underlying muscle.

The use of a computer, rather than x-ray film, to create a picture of the breast.

A procedure to remove tissue from the cervical canal or the inner lining of the uterus.

A procedure to remove tissue from the cervical canal or the inner lining of the uterus.

DIM is a compound formed when the body breaks down indole-3-carbinol from cruciferous vegetables and is sold as a dietary supplement.

Rinsing the vagina with liquid, a practice consistently linked with disruption of the bacteria that keep the organ balanced.

One receptor sits in two very different places, which is how a single tablet ended up treating both blood pressure and prostate symptoms.

A drug used to treat high blood pressure and urinary problems caused by an enlarged prostate.

A substance being studied in the prevention of recurrent prostate cancer.

Sexual climax without the release of semen from the penis.

A cell line made from human prostate cancer cells that is used in the laboratory to study the way prostate cancer cells grow.

Ductal carcinoma is cancer arising from cells lining a duct, most familiar as the most common form of breast cancer.

A method used to collect cells from milk ducts in the breast.

Prostate growth depends on a hormone built from testosterone, and this drug shuts down the enzyme that performs the conversion.

A type of tumor that begins in the type of cells that give rise to egg cells and is most often found in the ovaries.

Breast cancer that has not spread beyond the breast or the axillary lymph nodes.