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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A soft tissue sarcoma that usually occurs in the limbs, most commonly the legs, and may also occur in the abdomen. Also called malignant fibrous cytoma.
Industry:Health care
The place in the brain where some of the optic nerve fibers coming from one eye cross optic nerve fibers from the other eye. Also called optic chiasm.
Industry:Health care
A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called alkylphospholipids.
Industry:Health care
The length of time during and after treatment in which a patient is living with a disease that does not get worse. Progression-free survival may be used in a clinical study or trial to help find out how well a new treatment works. Also called PFS.
Industry:Health care
The male reproductive cell, formed in the testicle. A sperm unites with an egg to form an embryo.
Industry:Health care
A drug used to treat advanced renal cell carcinoma (a type of kidney cancer). It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Temsirolimus blocks a protein involved in cell division, and may kill cancer cells. It is a type of rapamycin analog and a type of serine/threonine kinase inhibitor. Also called CCI-779 and Torisel.
Industry:Health care
An operation to create an opening from inside the body to the outside, making a new way to pass urine.
Industry:Health care
Treatment that combines chemotherapy with radiation therapy. Also called chemoradiotherapy.
Industry:Health care
