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Cancer treatment

conditioned stimulus

Health care; Cancer treatment

A situation in which one signal, or stimulus, is given just before another signal. After this happens several times, the first signal alone can cause the response that would usually need the second ...

distal pancreatectomy

Health care; Cancer treatment

Removal of the body and tail of the pancreas.

estradiol

Health care; Cancer treatment

A form of the hormone estrogen.

gene therapy

Health care; Cancer treatment

Treatment that alters a gene. In studies of gene therapy for cancer, researchers are trying to improve the body's natural ability to fight the disease or to make the cancer cells more sensitive to ...

hydromorphone

Health care; Cancer treatment

A drug used to relieve pain.

inverted papilloma

Health care; Cancer treatment

A type of tumor in which surface epithelial cells grow downward into the underlying supportive tissue. It may occur in the nose and/or sinuses or in the urinary tract (bladder, renal pelvis, ureter, ...

lymphadenopathy

Health care; Cancer treatment

Disease or swelling of the lymph nodes.

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