A major component of fats that is used by the body for energy and tissue development. … [Read more...]
F
fatty-replaced breast tissue
A term used in mammography that refers to the replacement of breast tissue with fatty tissue. This commonly occurs as a woman ages. … [Read more...]
FAU
A substance being studied in the treatment of advanced solid tumors and lymphomas. It blocks the growth of cells and may cause cancer cells to die. It is a type … [Read more...]
fazarabine
An orally-active pyrimidine analogue of an aza-substituted cytidine in which the ribose moiety is replaced by an arabinose sugar. Similar in action to … [Read more...]
FDA
Anagency in the U.S. federal government whose mission is toprotect public health by making sure that food, cosmetics,and nutritional supplements are safe to use … [Read more...]
FdCyd
A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer. It may prevent the growth of tumors by stopping cancer cells from dividing and by killing … [Read more...]
FDR
The parents, brothers, sisters, or children of an individual. Also called first-degree relative. … [Read more...]
febrile neutropenia
A condition marked by fever and a lower-than-normal number of neutrophils in the blood. A neutrophil is a type of white blood cell that helps fight infection. … [Read more...]
FEC
An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used with other types of therapy to treat breast cancer,.including breast cancer that has spread or come back. It … [Read more...]
FEC Regimen
A chemotherapy regimen consisting of fluorouracil, epirubicin and cyclophosphamide used in the adjuvant setting for the primary treatment of breast cancer. This … [Read more...]