Cancer treatment

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lumbar puncture

Health care; Cancer treatment

A procedure in which a thin needle called a spinal needle is put into the lower part of the spinal column to collect cerebrospinal fluid or to give drugs. Also called spinal tap.

A very tiny, hollow, round particle made from glass, ceramic, plastic, or other materials. Microspheres injected into blood vessels that feed a tumor may kill the tumor by blocking its blood supply. ...

nonhematologic cancer

Health care; Cancer treatment

Cancer that does not begin in the blood or bone marrow.

pancreatic cancer

Health care; Cancer treatment

A disease in which malignant (cancer) cells are found in the tissues of the pancreas. Also called exocrine cancer.

plexopathy

Health care; Cancer treatment

A disorder affecting a network of nerves, blood vessels, or lymph vessels.

radiosurgery

Health care; Cancer treatment

A type of external radiation therapy that uses special equipment to position the patient and precisely give a single large dose of radiation to a tumor. It is used to treat brain tumors and other ...

sentinel lymph node biopsy

Health care; Cancer treatment

Removal and examination of the sentinel node(s) (the first lymph node(s) to which cancer cells are likely to spread from a primary tumor). To identify the sentinel lymph node(s), the surgeon injects ...