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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
The monthly cycle of hormonal changes from the beginning of one menstrual period to the beginning of the next.
Industry:Health care
Having to do with a sign or symptom that is specific to a certain disease.
Industry:Health care
Treatment with drugs that become active when exposed to light. These activated drugs may kill cancer cells.
Industry:Health care
A biopsy procedure that uses a computer and a 3-dimensional scanning device to find a tumor site and guide the removal of tissue for examination under a microscope.
Industry:Health care
A thin, tube-like instrument used to look at tissues inside the body. An endoscope has a light and a lens for viewing and may have a tool to remove tissue.
Industry:Health care
A blood vessel that carries blood to the liver from the stomach, small and large intestines, spleen, pancreas, and gallbladder. Also called portal vein.
Industry:Health care
An abnormal mass that grows in the beta cells of the pancreas that make insulin. Insulinomas are usually benign (not cancer). They secrete insulin and are the most common cause of low blood sugar caused by having too much insulin in the body. Also called beta cell neoplasm, beta cell tumor of the pancreas, and pancreatic insulin-producing tumor.
Industry:Health care
The periodic discharge of blood and tissue from the uterus. From puberty until menopause, menstruation occurs about every 28 days, but does not occur during pregnancy.
Industry:Health care
Cancer that arises in immature nerve cells and affects mostly infants and children.
Industry:Health care
