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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A benign (not cancer) growth of cartilage in bones or in other areas where cartilage is not normally found.
Industry:Health care
A drug used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder. It is a type of antidepressant agent and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). Also called Luvox.
Industry:Health care
A drug used in photodynamic therapy that is absorbed by tumor cells. When exposed to light, it becomes active and kills the cancer cells.
Industry:Health care
A method of putting fluids, including drugs, into the bloodstream. Also called intravenous infusion.
Industry:Health care
The active ingredient in a drug used to lessen the toxic effects of substances that block the action of folic acid, especially the anticancer drug methotrexate. Leucovorin is used to treat some types of anemia and is also used with fluorouracil to treat colorectal cancer. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer and other conditions. Leucovorin is a form of folic acid. It is a type of chemoprotective agent and a type of chemosensitizing agent. Also called folinic acid.
Industry:Health care
A form of cancer that begins in melanocytes (cells that make the pigment melanin). It may begin in a mole (skin melanoma), but can also begin in other pigmented tissues, such as in the eye or in the intestines.
Industry:Health care
An abnormal mass of tissue that results when cells divide more than they should or do not die when they should. Neoplasms may be benign (not cancer), or malignant (cancer). Also called tumor.
Industry:Health care
To cause oxidation (a chemical reaction that takes place when a substance comes into contact with oxygen or another oxidizing substance).
Industry:Health care
A procedure in which blood is collected, part of the blood such as platelets or white blood cells is taken out, and the rest of the blood is returned to the donor. Also called apheresis.
Industry:Health care
A doctor who specializes in treating diseases of the lungs. Also called pulmonary specialist.
Industry:Health care
