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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
Any of a group of drugs that lower the amount of cholesterol and certain fats in the blood. Statins inhibit a key enzyme that helps make cholesterol. Statin drugs are being studied in the prevention and treatment of cancer.
Industry:Health care
Treatment with thyroid hormone, which is a hormone that affects heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, and weight.
Industry:Health care
Surgery that is aided by the use of a video camera that projects and enlarges the image on a television screen. Also called video-assisted resection.
Industry:Health care
A substance made in the muscle and liver tissue and found in certain foods, such as meat, poultry, fish, and some dairy products. It is used by many cells in the body to make energy from fatty acids.
Industry:Health care
A drug used to lessen the toxic effects of substances that block the action of folic acid, especially the anticancer drug methotrexate. Citrovorum factor 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. Citrovorum factor is a form of folic acid. It is a type of chemoprotective agent and a type of chemosensitizing agent. Also called calcium levoleucovorin, leucovorin calcium, and Wellcovorin.
Industry:Health care
The treatment plan for a disease or disorder that has been chosen as the best one for a patient after all other choices have been considered.
Industry:Health care
A doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating hormone disorders.
Industry:Health care
An indolent (slow-growing) type of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (cancer of the lymphatic system) in which there are both small and large cancer cells.
Industry:Health care
Group of hereditary disorders in which affected individuals fail to make enough of certain proteins needed to form blood clots.
Industry:Health care
A substance being studied in the treatment of breast 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. Iniparib may cause cancer cells to die. It is a type of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor. Also called BSI-201 and PARP-1 inhibitor BSI-201.
Industry:Health care
