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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A rare, aggressive type of thyroid cancer in which the malignant (cancer) cells look very different from normal thyroid cells.
Industry:Health care
A protein involved in autophagy (the process by which a cell destroys proteins and other substances in its cytoplasm). Beclin 1 is found at lower levels in several types of cancer cells than in normal cells. It is a type of tumor suppressor.
Industry:Health care
A procedure to connect healthy sections of tubular structures in the body after the diseased portion has been surgically removed.
Industry:Health care
A drug being studied in the treatment of graft-versus-host disease. It belongs to a family of drugs called corticosteroids.
Industry:Health care
An anticancer drug that is used to decrease estrogen production and suppress the growth of tumors that need estrogen to grow. It is a type of nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor.
Industry:Health care
A technique used to help people change the way they react to certain triggers in the environment that cause a negative reaction. In cancer treatment, behavior modification may be used to help patients who have become nauseous during previous cancer treatments cope with nausea they feel when they enter the therapy room to begin a new round of treatment.
Industry:Health care
Having to do with anatomy (the study of the structure of a plant or animal).
Industry:Health care
A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer. Belinostat blocks enzymes needed for cell division and may kill cancer cells. It also prevents the growth of blood vessels needed for tumors to grow and may make tumor cells more sensitive to other anticancer drugs. It is a type of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, a type of angiogenesis inhibitor, and a type of chemosensitizer. Also called PXD101.
Industry:Health care
A person who specializes in anatomy (the study of the structures of animals or plants).
Industry:Health care
The active ingredient in a substance being studied in the treatment of small cell lung cancer and other types of cancer. It blocks certain enzymes needed for cell division and DNA repair, and it may kill cancer cells. It is a type of camptothecin analog and a type of topoisomerase inhibitor.
Industry:Health care
