Cancer treatment

Cancer treatment

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lymphangiosarcoma

Health care; Cancer treatment

A type of cancer that begins in the cells that line lymph vessels.

A method of diagnostic imaging that uses very small amounts of radioactive material. The patient is injected with a liquid that contains the radioactive substance, which collects in the part of the ...

paramyxovirus

Health care; Cancer treatment

A type of virus that has hemagglutinin-neuraminidase proteins in the outer coat and RNA as the genetic material. Measles (rubeola) virus, mumps virus, and Newcastle disease virus are paramyxoviruses.

polypectomy

Health care; Cancer treatment

Surgery to remove a polyp.

recombinant interferon alfa-2b

Health care; Cancer treatment

A drug used to treat some infections caused by viruses and several types of cancer. These include hairy cell leukemia, melanoma, and follicular lymphoma. It is a form of interferon alfa (a substance ...