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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A surgical procedure that uses the cutting power of a laser beam to make bloodless cuts in tissue or to remove a surface lesion such as a tumor.
Industry:Health care
Describes the passage from the nose to the stomach. For example, a nasogastric tube is inserted through the nose, down the throat and esophagus, and into the stomach.
Industry:Health care
Pinpoint, unraised, round red spots under the skin caused by bleeding.
Industry:Health care
A group of abnormal cells that remain in the place where they first formed. They have not spread. These abnormal cells may become cancer and spread into nearby normal tissue. Also called carcinoma in situ.
Industry:Health care
A surgeon who specializes in operating on organs inside the chest, including the heart and lungs.
Industry:Health care
A laboratory technique used to separate different substances in a mixture. A gas or a liquid is used to pass the mixture through a column, paper, or special plate that contains absorbing materials. The substances in the mixture are separated based on how far they move through the material. The different substances may be visible to the eye or detected by a special machine.
Industry:Health care
A stream of electrons (small negatively charged particles found in atoms) that can be used for radiation therapy.
Industry:Health care
Treatment that uses intense, narrow beams of light to cut and destroy tissue, such as cancer tissue. Laser therapy may also be used to reduce lymphedema (swelling caused by a buildup of lymph fluid in tissue) after breast cancer surgery.
Industry:Health care
