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Of or pertaining to the prevention and treatment of illness, and the preservation of physical and mental well-being, through the services provided by medical professionals.
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carotid artery
Health care; Cancer treatment
A major artery that carries blood from the heart to the head. There is a carotid artery on each side of the neck, and each one splits into two branches. The interior branch ...
continent reservoir
Health care; Cancer treatment
A pouch formed from a piece of small intestine to hold urine after the bladder has been removed.
dose-dense chemotherapy
Health care; Cancer treatment
A chemotherapy treatment plan in which drugs are given with less time between treatments than in a standard chemotherapy treatment plan.
evaluable patients
Health care; Cancer treatment
Patients whose response to a treatment can be measured because enough information has been collected.
hyperthermic perfusion
Health care; Cancer treatment
A procedure in which a warmed solution containing anticancer drugs is used to bathe, or is passed through the blood vessels of, the tissue or organ containing the tumor.
irradiation
Health care; Cancer treatment
The use of high-energy radiation from x-rays, gamma rays, neutrons, protons, and other sources to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation may come from a machine outside ...
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