Cancer treatment

Cancer treatment

Contributors in Cancer treatment

Cancer treatment

One of a group of proteins found on the surface of white blood cells and other cells that play an important part in the body's immune response to foreign substances. These antigens vary from person ...

intrauterine device

Health care; Cancer treatment

A small, plastic T-shaped device that is placed inside the uterus (the small, hollow, pear-shaped organ in a woman’s pelvis in which a fetus develops) to prevent pregnancy. Intrauterine devices ...

lurtotecan

Health care; Cancer treatment

An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called topoisomerase inhibitors.

midostaurin

Health care; Cancer treatment

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of leukemia. It belongs to the family of drugs called protein kinase inhibitors. Also called N-benzoyl-staurosporine and PKC412.

nonmelanoma skin cancer

Health care; Cancer treatment

Skin cancer that forms in the lower part of the epidermis (the outer layer of the skin) or in squamous cells, but not in melanocytes (skin cells that make pigment).

pancreatic polypeptide

Health care; Cancer treatment

A small protein made by the pancreas that helps control the release of other substances made by the pancreas. The amount of pancreatic polypeptide in the blood increases after a person eats. It may ...

poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase

Health care; Cancer treatment

A type of enzyme involved in many functions of the cell, including the repair of DNA damage. DNA damage may be caused by normal cell actions, UV light, some anticancer drugs, and radiation used to ...