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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
Cancer that has spread from where it started to nearby tissue or lymph nodes.
Industry:Health care
A mineral needed for healthy teeth, bones, and other body tissues. It is the most common mineral in the body. A deposit of calcium in body tissues, such as breast tissue, may be a sign of disease.
Industry:Health care
Examination of the vagina and cervix using a lighted magnifying instrument called a colposcope.
Industry:Health care
A health professional with special training in nutrition who can help with dietary choices. Also called nutritionist.
Industry:Health care
A benign (not cancer), wart-like growth in a milk duct of the breast. It is usually found close to the nipple and may cause a discharge from the nipple. It may also cause pain and a lump in the breast that can be felt. It usually affects women aged 35-55 years. Having a single papilloma does not increase the risk of breast cancer. When there are multiple intraductal papillomas, they are usually found farther from the nipple. There may not be a nipple discharge and the papillomas may not be felt. Having multiple intraductal papillomas may increase the risk of breast cancer. Also called intraductal breast papilloma.
Industry:Health care
A type of immune cell that makes large amounts of a specific antibody. Plasmacytes develop from B cells that have been activated. A plasmacyte is a type of white blood cell. Also called plasma cell.
Industry:Health care
A type of radiation therapy used to treat liver cancer that is advanced or has come back. Tiny beads that hold the radioisotope yttrium Y 90 are injected into the hepatic artery (the main blood vessel that carries blood to the liver). The beads collect in the tumor and the yttrium Y 90 gives off radiation. This destroys the blood vessels that the tumor needs to grow and kills the cancer cells. Radioembolization is a type of selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT). Also called intra-arterial brachytherapy.
Industry:Health care
Surgery to create an opening (stoma) into the windpipe. The opening itself may also be called a tracheostomy.
Industry:Health care
A mineral taken primarily as a supplement to prevent osteoporosis. It is also being studied for cancer prevention.
Industry:Health care
A condition in which a patient is in a state of deep sleep and cannot be awakened. A coma may be caused by many things, including trauma, drugs, toxins, or certain diseases.
Industry:Health care
