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Cancer treatment
hydroxydaunorubicin
Health care; Cancer treatment
A drug that is used to treat many types of cancer and is being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Hydroxydaunorubicin comes from the bacterium Streptomyces peucetius. It damages DNA ...
lymphatic basin
Health care; Cancer treatment
A group of lymph nodes that receives and filters lymph that flows from a certain area of the body. Special dyes may be used to stain and identify the lymphatic basin in the tissues around a tumor, so ...
mitochondria
Health care; Cancer treatment
Small structures in a cell that are found in the cytoplasm (fluid that surrounds the cell nucleus). Mitochondria make most of the energy for the cell and have their own genetic material that is ...
nucleotide
Health care; Cancer treatment
A building block for nucleic acids (the molecules inside cells that carry genetic information). Nucleotides are attached end-to-end to form the nucleic acids DNA and RNA.
paranasal sinus
Health care; Cancer treatment
One of many small hollow spaces in the bones around the nose. Paranasal sinuses are named after the bones that contain them: frontal (the lower forehead), maxillary (cheekbones), ethmoid (beside the ...
polypeptide
Health care; Cancer treatment
A substance that contains many amino acids (the molecules that join together to form proteins).
