Cancer treatment

Cancer treatment

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Cancer treatment

A substance that comes from mint oils or is made in the laboratory. It is used to relieve itching and to treat problems in the upper respiratory tract. Menthol causes a cooling sensation when eaten ...

neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin

Health care; Cancer treatment

A rare type of cancer that forms on or just beneath the skin, usually in parts of the body that have been exposed to the sun. It is most common in older people and in people with weakened immune ...

pegfilgrastim

Health care; Cancer treatment

A drug used to increase numbers of white blood cells in patients who are receiving chemotherapy. It is a type of colony-stimulating factor. Also called filgrastim-SD/01 and Neulasta.

phototesting

Health care; Cancer treatment

Special tests used to measure the reaction of the skin to ultraviolet radiation. Phototesting is being used to see if drugs taken by mouth to treat cancer make the skin more sensitive to ultraviolet ...

receptor

Health care; Cancer treatment

A molecule inside or on the surface of a cell that binds to a specific substance and causes a specific physiologic effect in the cell.

salvage therapy

Health care; Cancer treatment

Treatment that is given after the cancer has not responded to other treatments.

stereotactic 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 ...