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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A substance that is made by the body and used to store energy. It is being studied in the treatment of weight loss related to cancer. It is derived from the amino acid arginine.
Industry:Health care
A drug used to treat symptoms of an enlarged prostate gland. It is being studied in the treatment of male hair loss and prostate cancer. Dutasteride blocks enzymes the body needs to make male sex hormones. It is a type of 5-alpha reductase inhibitor. Also called Avodart and GG745.
Industry:Health care
The leakage of blood, lymph, or other fluid, such as an anticancer drug, from a blood vessel or tube into the tissue around it. It is also used to describe the movement of cells out of a blood vessel into tissue during inflammation or metastasis (the spread of cancer).
Industry:Health care
An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called alkylating agents.
Industry:Health care
One of a pair of organs in the abdomen. Kidneys remove waste from the blood (as urine), produce erythropoietin (a substance that stimulates red blood cell production), and play a role in blood pressure regulation.
Industry:Health care
Refers to cells that develop into connective tissue, blood vessels, and lymphatic tissue.
Industry:Health care
A type of cancer that arises in cells in mucosal tissue that are involved in antibody production. Also called MALT lymphoma.
Industry:Health care
A substance being studied in the treatment of breast, ovarian, and prostate cancers caused by mutations (changes) in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. It blocks an enzyme involved in many functions of the cell, including the repair of DNA damage. DNA damage may be caused by normal cell actions, UV light, some anticancer drugs, and radiation used to treat cancer. Olaparib may cause cancer cells to die. It is a type of targeted therapy agent and a type of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor. Also called AZD2281 and PARP inhibitor AZD2281.
Industry:Health care
In the body, a structure that has a peduncle (a stalk or stem) or is attached to another structure by a peduncle.
Industry:Health care
