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diphenhydramine
Health care; Cancer treatment
A drug used to treat allergies and relieve cough and itching caused by insect bites, sunburn, and poison oak or ivy. It is also used to treat mild Parkinson disease, to prevent and treat motion ...
esophageal
Health care; Cancer treatment
Having to do with the esophagus, the muscular tube through which food passes from the throat to the stomach.
gastroscopy
Health care; Cancer treatment
Examination of the inside of the stomach using a gastroscope passed through the mouth and esophagus. A gastroscope is a thin, tube-like instrument with a light and a lens for viewing. It may also ...
human lymphocyte antigen
Health care; 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 ...
intravaginal
Health care; Cancer treatment
Having to do with the inside of the vagina (the birth canal).
luteinizing hormone
Health care; Cancer treatment
A hormone made in the pituitary gland. In females, it acts on the ovaries to make follicles release their eggs and to make hormones that get the uterus ready for a fertilized egg to be implanted. In ...
mifamurtide
Health care; Cancer treatment
A drug being studied in the treatment of young adults with bone cancer that has gotten worse or come back. Mifamurtide activates certain types of white blood cells and helps the immune system kill ...
