Cancer treatment

Cancer treatment

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Cancer treatment

A drug used to treat gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) that have not responded to treatment with imatinib mesylate (Gleevec). Sunitinib is also used to treat advanced kidney cancer and is being ...

stem cell mobilization

Health care; Cancer treatment

A process in which certain drugs are used to cause the movement of stem cells from the bone marrow into the blood. The stem cells can be collected and stored. They may be used later to replace the ...

thyroxine

Health care; Cancer treatment

A hormone that is made by the thyroid gland and contains iodine. Thyroxine increases the rate of chemical reactions in cells and helps control growth and development. Thyroxine can also be made in ...

vincristine sulfate

Health care; Cancer treatment

A drug used to treat acute leukemia. It is used in combination with other drugs to treat Hodgkin disease, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, neuroblastoma, and Wilms tumor. Vincristine sulfate ...

cellular adhesion

Health care; Cancer treatment

The close adherence (bonding) to adjoining cell surfaces.

clear cell sarcoma of soft tissue

Health care; Cancer treatment

A soft tissue tumor that begins in a tendon (tough, fibrous, cord-like tissue that connects muscle to bone or to another structure). Clear cell sarcoma of soft tissue has certain markers that are ...

demeclocycline hydrochloride

Health care; Cancer treatment

A substance being studied as a way to detect bone growth in patients receiving bisphosphonates (a type of drug used to treat bone pain caused by some types of cancer) for breast cancer. It binds to ...