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Cancer treatment
gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor
Health care; Cancer treatment
An indolent (slow-growing) cancer that forms in cells that make hormones in the lining of the gastrointestinal tract (the stomach and intestines). It usually occurs in the appendix (a small ...
human herpesvirus
Health care; Cancer treatment
A type of virus that causes herpes infections and has DNA as its genetic material. There are two types of human herpesviruses. Infections with type 1 viruses cause cold sores on the lips or nostrils. ...
microscope
Health care; Cancer treatment
An instrument that is used to look at cells and other small objects that cannot be seen with the eye alone.
noncontiguous lymphoma
Health care; Cancer treatment
Lymphoma in which the lymph nodes containing cancer are not next to each other, but are on the same side of the diaphragm (the thin muscle below the lungs that helps breathing and separates the chest ...
pancreatectomy
Health care; Cancer treatment
Surgery to remove all or part of the pancreas. In a total pancreatectomy, part of the stomach, part of the small intestine, the common bile duct, gallbladder, spleen, and nearby lymph nodes also are ...
pleuropulmonary blastoma
Health care; Cancer treatment
A rare and very aggressive (fast-growing) cancer that forms in tissues of the lung and pleura (a thin layer of tissue that covers the lungs and lines the interior wall of the chest cavity). ...
radiosensitization
Health care; Cancer treatment
The use of a drug that makes tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy.
