Index of oncology articles

This is a list of terms related to oncology. The original source for this list was the US National Cancer Institute's public domain Dictionary of Cancer Terms.

0–9

– – – – 18F-EF5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 90Y-DOTA-biotin

A

– AAP – abarelix – ABCD rating – – ABT-510 – ABT-751 – – accelerated phase – ACE inhibitor – acetylcysteine – achlorhydria – acitretin – – acridine carboxamide – acrylonitrile – actinic keratosis – – – acute erythroid leukemia – acute lymphoblastic leukemia – – – acute myeloid leukemia – – AD 32 – adenocarcinoma – – adenoma – – adenosine triphosphate – – adjunct agent – – adjuvant therapy – – – adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma – AE-941 – AEE788 – – – aerodigestive tract – aerosolize – aflatoxin – AFP – – AG2037 – – – agent study – agglutinin – aggressive lymphoma – – agonist – agranulocytosis – – alanine aminopeptidase – – alanosine – – alemtuzumab – – – – ALL – – – – – – allopurinol – Allovectin-7 – – – alpha-fetoprotein – Alteplase – altretamine – aluminium sulfate – ALVAC-CEA vaccine – Amanita phalloides – – amelanotic melanoma – Ames, Bruce – amifostine – amikacin – aminocamptothecin – aminoglutethimide – – aminolevulinic acid – aminopterin – AML – amonafide – amoxicillin – amphotericin B – ampulla – ampulla of Vater – amputation – amsacrine – amylase – amyloidosis – anagrelide – anakinra – – – – anaplastic thyroid cancer – anastomosis – anastrozole – androgen – – androgen suppression – androgen-independent – – anemia – – – angiogenesis – angiogenesis inhibitor – angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma – angiosarcoma – angiostatin – – – anidulafungin – – annamycin – anorexia – ansamycin – antagonist – – – – anthracycline – anthraquinone – – – anti-inflammatory – antiandrogen – – – – antibody – antibody therapy – anticachexia – – – anticoagulant – anticonvulsant – antidepressant – antiemetic – antiestrogen – antifolate – – antigen – antigen-presenting cell – antigen-presenting cell vaccine – – antihormone therapy – antimetabolite – – – – – antioxidant – antiparasitic – – antisense c-fos – antithymocyte globulin – – – Antiviral drug – anxiolytic – – – – apheresis – aplastic anemia – – – apolizumab – apoptosis – – arctigenin – arctiin – arginine butyrate – aromatase inhibitor – arsenic trioxide – – – asbestos – ascites – asparaginase – aspartate transaminase – aspergillosis – Aspergillus – – astrocyte – astrocytoma – – atamestane – ataxia – – – atelectasis – – – ATP – atrasentan – atypical hyperplasia – atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor – – autoimmune disease – – autologous bone marrow – – autologous lymphocyte – – autologous tumor cell – – axilla – axillary artery – axillary bud – axillary dissection – – – axillary nerve – axillary vein – azacitidine – azoxymethane – – AZT

B

B cell –

– B3 antigen – B43-PAP immunotoxin – – – – – barium solution – – Barrett's esophagus – basal cell – – – basophil – batimastat – BAY 12-9566 – BAY 43-9006 – BAY 56-3722 – BAY 59-8862 – BB-10901 – BBBD – – – – – – – – – – bendamustine – – benign proliferative breast disease – benign prostatic hyperplasia – – benign tumor – benzaldehyde – benzoylphenylurea – benzydamine – Beriplast P – best practice – beta alethine – – – – beta-glucan – – bevacizumab – bexarotene – – BG00001 – BI-RADS – Biafine cream – BIBX 1382 – bicalutamide – bidi (oncology) – – – bilateral prophylactic mastectomy – bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy – bile duct – – bilirubin – – – biochanin A – – biological response modifier – – biomarker – Biomed 101 – biopsy – – – – – bispecific monoclonal antibody – bisphosphonate – – BL22 immunotoxin – – black snakeroot – – – blast phase – bleomycin – – – – – – blood transfusion – blood–brain barrier – blood–brain barrier disruption – – BMS-184476 – BMS-188797 – BMS-214662 – – BMS-275291 – – Bolus (medicine) – – bone marrow – bone marrow ablation – – – – – – – bone-seeking radioisotope – – boronophenylalanine-fructose complex – bortezomib – – BPH – – brachial plexus – brachytherapy – brain metastasis – brainstem glioma – brain stem tumor – brain tumor – BRCA1 – BRCA2 – breakthrough pain – – – breast duct endoscopy – Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System – breast implant – breast reconstruction – – breast-conserving surgery – – Brief Pain Inventory – BRIP1 – brivudine – BRM – bromelain – bronchiole – bronchitis – – bronchoscopy – bronchus – brostallicin – – – – budesonide – bupropion – – – – – buserelin – buspirone – busulfan – buthionine sulfoximine

C

C cell –

– – – – – cachexia – calcitonin – calcitriol – CAM – – camptothecin – camptothecin analog – cancer – – – cancer of unknown primary origin – cancer stem cell – cancer vaccine – – Candidiasis – – – capecitabine – capsaicin – captopril – carbendazim – carbogen – carbon-11 acetate – carboplatin – carboxyamidotriazole – carboxypeptidase-G2 – carcinoembryonic antigen – carcinoembryonic antigen peptide-1 – carcinogen – carcinogenesis – carcinoid – carcinoid syndrome – carcinoma – carcinoma in situ – – carcinosarcoma – carcinosis – carcinostatic – cardin (oncology) – carmustine – carnitine – carotenoid – – case report – case series – – – – – catechol – cauterization – – cBR96-doxorubicin immunoconjugate – CC-1088 – CC-49 monoclonal antibody – – CC-8490 – – – – CEA – CEA assay – cecum – cefalexin – cefepime – cefixime – ceftriaxone – celecoxib – – cell – – – cell proliferation – – cell adhesion – cellular adoptive immunotherapy – – cellulitis – central nervous system primitive neuroectodermal tumor – – CEP-2563 dihydrochloride – – cephalosporin – ceramide – – – cerebral hemisphere – cerebrospinal fluid – cerebrospinal fluid diversion – cervical – cervical intraepithelial neoplasia – cervix – cetuximab – cevimeline – CGP 48664 – – – chemoimmunotherapy – – – – – chemoradiotherapy – – chemosensitivity assay – chemosensitizer – – chemotherapy – chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy – – chiasma – child-life worker – chitin – chlorambucil – chlorine – – chloroquinoxaline sulfonamide – cholangiocarcinoma – cholangiosarcoma – – cholestasis – chondrocyte – chondroitin sulfate – chondrosarcoma – chordoma – chorioallantoic membrane – choriocarcinoma – choroid plexus tumor – CHPP – – – chronic leukemia – chronic lymphoblastic leukemia – chronic lymphocytic leukemia – chronic myelogenous leukemia – – chronic myelomonocytic leukemia – chronic phase – chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia – CHS 828 – – CI-958 – CI-980 – CI-994 – ciclosporin – cidofovir – cilengitide – cimetidine – – ciprofloxacin – circulatory system – cirrhosis – – cisplatin – citric acid/potassium-sodium citrate – cladribine – clarithromycin – – – – clinical breast exam – clinical resistance – – – clinical trial – CLL – – clofarabine – CML – CMML – CMV – cnicin – CNS – CNS metastasis – CNS prophylaxis – CNS sanctuary – CNS tumor – – – coactivated T cell – – Cockayne syndrome – coenzyme Q10 – cohort study – COL-3 – cold nodule – Coley's toxins – collagen disease – collagenase – – coloanal anastomosis – – Colorectal cancer (colon cancer) – – – colonoscopy – colony-stimulating factor – – – colposcopy – – – – common bile duct – comorbidity – – complementary and alternative medicine – complete blood count (CBC) – – complete metastasectomy – – – – compression bandage – – – – – – concurrent therapy – – – – – consecutive case series – – contiguous lymphoma – continent reservoir – contingency management – continuous hyperthermic peritoneal perfusion – – – control animal – – – – – conventional treatment – cooperative group – – cordectomy – cordycepin – – corticosteroid – – coumestan – coumestrol – – CP-609,754 – CP-724,714 – CP4071 – CpG 7909 – – CQS – craniopharyngioma – craniotomy – creatine – creatinine – cribriform – crisnatol mesylate – Crohn's disease – cryopreservation – cryosurgery – cryotherapy – cryptorchidism – – CT scan – – – CT-2584 – – – – cumulative dose – curcumin – cutaneous breast cancer – cutaneous T-cell lymphoma – – – cyclophosphamide – cyclosporine – cyproheptadine – cyproterone acetate – cyst – cystectomy – – – cystoscopy – cytarabine – cytochlor – cytogenetics – cytokine – cytology – cytomegalovirus – cytopenia – cytoplasm – – cytotoxic chemotherapy – cytotoxic T cell

D

D-20761 –

– dacarbazine – – daclizumab – dactinomycin – daidzein – – danazol – darbepoetin alfa – – Data Safety and Monitoring Committee – daunorubicin – DCIS – de novo – – – decitabine – decortication – deferoxamine – defibrotide – degenerative disease – dehydroepiandrosterone – – dendritic cell – dendritic cell vaccine – denileukin diftitox – dental implant – deoxycytidine – – DepoFoam-encapsulated cytarabine – depsipeptide – dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans – – dermis – DES – deslorelin – – – desmoplastic melanoma – – dexamethasone – dexmethylphenidate – dexrazoxane – dextroamphetamine-amphetamine – dextromethorphan acetic acid – – DHA-paclitaxel – – di-dgA-RFB4 monoclonal antibody – diagnosis – – – diagnostic trial – diathermy – diaziquone – didanosine – DIEP flap – diethylstilbestrol – – – – digital photography – – dihematoporphyrin ether – dimesna – dimethyl sulfoxide – dimethylxanthenone acetic acid – – dipyridamole – – – – distal – – distant cancer – distraction – disulfiram – – DNA – docetaxel – dock – dolasetron – dolastatin 10 – donepezil – dose – dose-dense chemotherapy – – dose-limiting – dose-rate – dosimetrist – – double-contrast barium enema – doubling time – doxercalciferol – doxorubicin – doxycycline – – dronabinol – drug tolerance – – DTGM fusion protein – ductal carcinoma – ductal carcinoma in situ – ductal lavage – – dumping syndrome – duodenitis – DX-52-1 – – dyscrasia – dysesthesia – dysgeusia – dysphagia – dysplasia – – dysplastic nevus –

E

– – – – echocardiography – – ectocervical – edatrexate – edotecarin – edrecolomab – efaproxiral – effector cell – efficacy – eflornithine – – EGFR – EKB-569 – electroacupuncture – – electrolarynx – electroporation therapy – eligibility criteria – embolism – embolization – embryoma – embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma – – embryonic – EMD 121974 – emitefur – emodin – enalapril – encephalopathy – enchondroma – endocervical curettage – endocrine cancer – – – – endometrial biopsy – endometrial disorder – endometrial hyperplasia – Endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia – endometriosis – endometrium – endorectal ultrasound – endoscope – endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography – endoscopic ultrasound – endoscopy – endostatin – – endothelin receptor antagonist – – eniluracil – – – enterostomal therapist – enucleation – – eosinophil – eosinophilia – EP-2101 – – ependymoma – epidemiology – epidermal growth factor receptor – – – epiglottis – – epipodophyllotoxin – epirubicin – – epithelial carcinoma – – epithelium – epitope – EPO906 – epoetin alfa – epoetin beta – epothilone – – – epratuzumab – – EPT – ER – ER+ – ER- – – erb-38 immunotoxin – – ERCP – erlotinib – ERT – ERUS – erythema – – erythrocyte sedimentation rate – – erythroid dysplasia – – erythroleukoplakia – erythroplakia – erythropoietin – esophageal – esophagectomy – esophagitis – – – esophagus – ESR – essential thrombocythemia – – estradiol – estramustine – estramustine phosphate – estrogen – estrogen receptor – – – estrogen receptor test – – etanercept – etanidazole – ethynyluracil – – etiology – etoposide – – ETS – evaluable disease – evaluable patients – everolimus – Ewing's family of tumors – – exatecan mesylate – excision – – exemestane – exisulind – exocrine pancreas cell – – extensive-stage small cell lung cancer – external radiation – external-beam radiation – extrahepatic –

F

false-negative test result – false-positive test result – familial adenomatous polyposis –

– – – – Family history (medicine) – – Fanconi anemia – Fanconi syndrome – FAP – fatty-replaced breast tissue – fazarabine – – fenretinide – fentanyl – fiber – – fibroblast – fibroid – fibromatosis – fibrosarcoma – fibrosis – – – filgrastim – filgrastim-SD/01 – finasteride – fine-needle aspiration – – – flavonoid – – flecainide – flow cytometry – floxuridine – – fluconazole – flucytosine – fludarabine – – fludrocortisone – fluoropyrimidine – – fluoroscopy – fluorouracil – fluoxetine – flutamide – – folate – – FOLFOX – – – follicular mixed cell lymphoma – follicular thyroid cancer – formaldehyde – – fractionation – – – fulvestrant – functional magnetic resonance imaging – – fungating lesion – fusion protein

G

– gabapentin – Gail model – gallium nitrate – gallium scan – – gamma ray – ganciclovir – ganglioside – gastrectomy – gastric atrophy – gastrinoma – – – gastroesophageal reflux disease – – gastrointestinal stromal tumor – gastrointestinal tract – – – gefitinib – geldanamycin analog – GEM 231 – gemcitabine – gemtuzumab ozogamicin – gene expression profiling – gene therapy – – gene-modified – genetic analysis – genetic counseling – – – – genetic testing – genistein – genitourinary system – genome – germ cell – germ cell tumor – – germinoma – germline mutation – – – gestational trophoblastic disease – – – GI14721 – – gimatecan – GIST – – – – – glial tumor – glioblastoma – – glioma – gliosarcoma – glossectomy – glucagon – glucagonoma – glucocorticoid – gluconeogenesis – glufosfamide – glutamine – glutathione – glutathione S-transferase – glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase inhibitor^[1] – glycolysis – glycopeptide – glycoprotein – – glycosaminoglycan – – GM2-KLH vaccine – – gonadotropin-releasing hormone – gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist – – – goserelin – gossypol – – gp209-2M – GPX-100 – – graft-versus-host disease – – granisetron – granulocyte – granulocyte colony-stimulating factor – – – – GTI-2040 – – – GW786034 – – gynecologic cancer –

H

– hairy cell leukemia – halofuginone hydrobromide – – hamartoma – – head and neck cancer – – HeLa – – – hemagglutinin-neuraminidase – hemangiopericytoma – hemangiosarcoma – – – – – hematopoietic growth factor – hematopoietic tissue – hematoporphyrin derivative – hemilaryngectomy – heparin – hepatectomy – – hepatic arterial infusion – – – hepatic veno-occlusive disease – hepatoblastoma – hepatocellular carcinoma – hepatocyte – – hepatomegaly – – – – – hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer syndrome – – – – heterogenic – hexyl 5-aminolevulinate – high-dose chemotherapy – high-dose-rate remote brachytherapy – high-dose-rate remote radiation therapy – high-energy photon therapy – – – high-risk cancer – – hilar – histamine dihydrochloride – histiocytic lymphoma – histologic examination – histology – histone – histone deacetylase – – historical control subject – HLA – – – – holmium Ho 166 DOTMP – – – hormone receptor – hormone receptor test – hormone replacement therapy – hormone responsive – hormone therapy – Horner's syndrome – – hot nodule – – – HRT – – hu14.18-interleukin-2 fusion protein – Huang Lian – – human leukocyte antigen – – – – Hürthle cell neoplasm – hydrazine sulfate – hydromorphone – hydronephrosis – – hydroxychloroquine – – – – hyperglycemia – hypericum perforatum – – hyperplasia – hypersensitivity – hyperthermia therapy – – – hyperthyroidism – hyperuricemia – – hypoglycemia – – hypotension – hypothalamus – hypothesis – hypothyroidism – – – hysterectomy

I

– – ICI D1694 – idarubicin – IDEC-Y2B8 monoclonal antibody – – – idoxifene – idoxuridine – ifosfamide – IH636 grape seed extract – – – IL-11 – IL-12 – IL-2 – IL-3 – – IL-6 – ileostomy – iloprost – ILX-295501 – ILX23-7553 – IM-862 – imaging procedure – – imipenem – imiquimod – – – immune response – immune system – immune system tolerance – immunoassay – immunocompetence – – – immunodeficiency – – – – immunology – immunomodulation – immunophenotyping – immunoscintigraphy – immunostimulant – immunosuppression – – – immunotherapy – immunotoxin – in situ cancer – – incomplete Freund's adjuvant – indinavir – indium In 111 ibritumomab tiuxetan – indium In 111 pentetreotide – indole-3-carbinol – indolent lymphoma – indometacin – – infiltrating cancer – – inflammatory breast cancer – infliximab – infrared coagulation – inguinal orchiectomy – – inositol – – instillation – – intensification therapy – – – interferon – interleukin – – – – – – – – interleukin-4 PE38KDEL cytotoxin – interleukin-4 PE38KDEL immunotoxin – – – intermediate-grade lymphoma – – interstitial radiation therapy – – intoplicine – intracarotid infusion – intracavitary – intracavitary radiation – – intracolonic – – – – intraepithelial – intrahepatic – intrahepatic bile ducts – intrahepatic infusion – intralesional – intraluminal intubation and dilation – Intramuscular injection (IM) – – intraoperative radiation therapy – – – – intraperitoneal infusion – intraperitoneal radiation therapy – – – – intratumoral, meaning within a tumour – – – intraventricular infusion – – – invasive cervical cancer – inverted papilloma – investigational – inviable – – iododoxorubicin – ionomycin – – Incontinentia pigmenti – IRB – irinotecan – irofulven – – irradiation – irreversible toxicity – iseganan hydrochloride – ISIS 2503 – ISIS 3521 – ISIS 5132 – – – – isoflavone – isointense – isolated hepatic perfusion – – isolated lung perfusion – isotretinoin – itraconazole – IU – IV – – ixabepilone

J

J-107088 –

– jaundice – – – – juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia

K

Kaposi's sarcoma – karenitecin –

– keloid – keratan sulfate – keratinocyte growth factor – keratoacanthoma – ketoconazole – ketorolac – keyhole limpet hemocyanin – – – – Klatskin tumor – Klebsiella – Klinefelter syndrome – KOS-862 – – kretek – KRN5500 – – Krukenberg tumor – KW2189

L

L-377,202 – L-778,123 – L-carnitine (see Carnitine) – laboratory study –

– lacrimal gland – lactate dehydrogenase – – – lamina propria – lamivudine – lamotrigine – – laparoscopic prostatectomy – laparoscopic-assisted colectomy – laparoscopy – laparotomy – lappa – – – laryngectomy – laser surgery – – – LDH – lectin – leflunomide – leiomyoma – leiomyosarcoma – lentinan – lepirudin – – leptomeningeal cancer – leptomeningeal metastases – leridistim – lerisetron – – letrozole – – leukapheresis – leukemia – – leukopenia – leukoplakia – leuprorelin – leuvectin – levamisole – – levofloxacin – – – Lhermitte's sign – – liarozole – ligation – light-emitting diode therapy – lignan – limb perfusion – limited-stage small cell lung cancer – – – – liposarcoma – – lisofylline – Hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer) – – liver scan – LMB-1 immunotoxin – LMB-2 immunotoxin – LMB-7 immunotoxin – LMB-9 immunotoxin – lobaplatin – lobectomy – lobradimil – lobular carcinoma in situ – – local cancer – local therapy – localized gallbladder cancer – locally advanced cancer – lometrexol – lomustine – lonafarnib – – – – losoxantrone – low-grade lymphoma – – LU 79553 – LU-103793 – lubricant – lumbar puncture – lumpectomy – – lurtotecan – – luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist – – – – – – LY353381 hydrochloride – lycopene – – lymph node – – lymph node drainage – lymph node mapping – – lymphadenectomy – lymphadenopathy – – – lymphangiosarcoma – – lymphatic mapping – lymphatic system – lymphatic vessel – lymphedema – lymphoblast – lymphocyte – – – lymphoepithelioma – – – lymphokine-activated killer cell – lymphoma – lymphomatoid granulomatosis – – – – – lysis – lysosome – –

M

– macroglobulinemia – macrophage – mafosfamide – – magnetic resonance imaging – – magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging – magnetic-targeted carrier – maintenance therapy – – malignancy – – – – – malignant meningioma – – – malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor – malondialdehyde – MALT lymphoma – – – mammography – Mammotome – mantle field – marimastat – mast cell – mastectomy – mastocytoma – matrix metalloproteinase – MDL 101,731 – MDX-060 – mean survival time – measurable disease – – – medial supraclavicular lymph node – – – mediastinoscopy – mediastinum – – medical oncologist – medroxyprogesterone – medullary breast carcinoma – medullary thyroid cancer – medulloblastoma – mega-voltage linear accelerator – megestrol – meiosis – melanocyte – melanoma – – melphalan – – – – meningeal metastases – meningioma – – mercaptopurine – mercury – – – mesenteric membrane – mesna – – mesothelioma – metaplasia – metaplastic carcinoma – metastasectomy – metastasis – – – – metasynchronous – – methotrexate – methoxsalen – Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta – – methylphenidate – methylprednisolone – metoclopramide – metronidazole – metronomic therapy – – MG98 – microcalcification – – – – microsatellite instability – microstaging – – microwave thermotherapy – mifepristone – – misoprostol – mistletoe lectin – – mitolactol – – mitosis – mitotane – mitotic activity – mitotic index – mitotic inhibitor – mitoxantrone – mivobulin isethionate – – MLN2704 – modafinil – modality – – Mohs surgery – molar pregnancy – molecular risk assessment – – monoclonal antibody – monoclonal antibody 3F8 – monocyte – Montanide ISA-51 – Morinda citrifolia – morphology – motexafin gadolinium – moxifloxacin – – – – MS 209 – – – – muJ591 monoclonal antibody – – – multicentric breast cancer – – multidrug resistance inhibition – multifocal breast cancer – multimodality treatment – – – – multiple myeloma – multiple sclerosis – multiplicity – – – – mycosis fungoides – – myelin – – – myelodysplastic syndrome – – myelogenous – – – – – – – myelosuppressive therapy – myometrium

N

– N-acetyldinaline – N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl) nitrosamine – naloxone – National Cancer Institute – National Institutes of Health – natural killer cell – – NBI-3001 – NCI – nebulizer – neck dissection – – needle-localized biopsy – negative axillary lymph node – negative test result – nelarabine – – neoadjuvant therapy – – neoplasm – nephrotomogram – – – nerve block – nerve grafting – nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy – nerve-sparing surgery – – neurobehavioral – neuroblastoma – – – neuroendocrine tumor – neuroepithelial – neurofibroma – neurofibromatosis type I – – neuroma – neuron – – – neuropeptide – – neurotoxicity – neurotoxin – – neutropenia – neutrophil – nevus – NF1 – – niacinamide – nicotinamide – – nilutamide – nimodipine – nipple discharge – – nitrosourea – – – node-negative – node-positive – nodular parenchyma – nolatrexed – – (NSCLC) – – noncontiguous lymphoma – nonhematologic cancer – – nonlytic – nonmalignant – nonmalignant hematologic disorder – – nonmelanomatous – nonmetastatic – nonopioid – nonprescription – nonrandomized clinical trial – – nonspecific immune cell – nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug – nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor – novobiocin – – NR-LU-10 antigen – – – nuclear medicine scan – nutraceutical – nystatin

O

– – objective improvement – objective response – oblimersen – obtundation – occult stage non-small cell lung cancer – octreotide – – ofloxacin – OGX-011 – oblimersen – oligoastrocytoma – – oligodendroglioma – oltipraz – omega-3 fatty acid – – omentum – omeprazole – Ommaya reservoir – oncogene – – oncology – oncology nurse – oncology pharmacy specialist – oncolysate – – – Oncolytic virus – – ondansetron – – oophorectomy – open biopsy – open colectomy – – opioid – opportunistic infection – – – orchiectomy – – – – – – – osteoporosis – osteosarcoma – – ovarian ablation – – – Overall Survival (OS) – – overgrowth syndrome – oxaliplatin – oxandrolone – OXi-104 – – oxidative stress

P

P-32 – p-value –

– Pacific valerian – paclitaxel – Paget's disease of bone – – PALA – – palliative care – – – – – pancreatectomy – pancreatic cancer – pancreatic duct – – pancreatic juice – pancreatitis – PAP, same as – – Pap test, same as – papillary serous carcinoma – papillary thyroid cancer – papillary tumor – papilledema – paracentesis – – paramyxovirus – paraneoplastic syndrome – parathyroid gland – parathyroid hormone – parenchyma – – paricalcitol – – Parkinson's disease – parotidectomy – – – partial laryngectomy – partial mastectomy – – partial oophorectomy – – partial response – passive antibody therapy – Paterson–Kelly syndrome – – patient-controlled analgesia – – PCA – PDQ – peau d'orange – – – PEG-MGDF – pegaspargase – pegfilgrastim – – peldesine – pelvic exenteration – pelvic lymphadenectomy – – penclomedine – penicillamine – pentetic acid calcium – pentosan polysulfate – pentostatin – pentoxifylline – peptide – peptide 946 – percutaneous ethanol injection – – – percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography – perfusion – perfusion magnetic resonance imaging – pericardial effusion – perifosine – perineal colostomy – perineal prostatectomy – – peripheral neuropathy – – peripheral stem cell – – peripheral stem cell transplantation – peristalsis – – peritoneal infusion – peritoneal perfusion – pernicious anemia – pertuzumab – – petechiae – Peutz–Jeghers syndrome – phagocyte – pharmacokinetics – – phase I/II trial – – phase II/III trial – – – phenethyl isothiocyanate – phenoxodiol – phenylacetate – – pheochromocytoma – – Philadelphia chromosome – photodynamic therapy – photothermal therapy – – photopheresis – phyllodes tumor – Physician Data Query – phytic acid – phytoestrogen – phytosterol – PI-88 – pilocarpine – – pineal region tumor – pineoblastoma – pineocytoma – piperacillin/tazobactam – pirfenidone – piritrexim – pixantrone – – – plasmacytic – plasmacytoma – plasmapheresis – – pleomorphic – pleural effusion – pleurodesis – – plexopathy – ploidy – Plummer–Vinson syndrome – – – pM-81 monoclonal antibody – PNET – pneumonectomy – PNU 166148 – PNU-93914 – polifeprosan 20 carmustine implant – – polyglutamate camptothecin – polyglutamate paclitaxel – polymerase chain reaction – polymorphism – – polyp – polypectomy – polyphenol – – – pons – pontine – porfimer sodium – porfiromycin – – positive axillary lymph node – positive test result – – postremission therapy – – PR- – – – – precancerous polyps – predictive factor – prednisolone – prednisone – – – pretracheal space – prevascular space – preventive mastectomy – primary central nervous system lymphoma – – primary myelofibrosis – – primary tumor – primitive neuroectodermal tumor – prinomastat – pro-oxidant – probenecid – procarbazine – prochlorperazine – proctoscopy – – progesterone receptor negative – progesterone receptor positive – progesterone receptor test – progression-free survival (PFS) – progressive disease – proliferative index – prolymphocytic leukemia – promegapoietin – – prophylactic cranial irradiation – – prophylactic oophorectomy – prophylactic surgery – – prospective cohort study – Prost 30 monoclonal antibody – prostate-specific antigen – – prostatectomy – prostatic acid phosphatase – – prostatitis – protease inhibitor – protein kinase C – proteoglycan – proteomic profile – proteomics – – proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging – – – psammoma body – PSC 833 – pseudomyxoma peritonei – psoralen – PTC – PTCD – – ptosis – – PV701 – pyrazine diazohydroxide – pyrazoloacridine – pyroxamide

Q

Q10 –

– quadrantectomy

R

– – R101933 – – radiation fibrosis – radiation oncologist – radiation physicist – radiation surgery – radiation therapist – radiation therapy – – – radical mastectomy – radical perineal prostatectomy – – radical retropubic prostatectomy – – – radioactive palladium – radioactive seed – radiofrequency ablation – radiographer – radioimmunoguided surgery – radioimmunotherapy – – – radiologic exam – radionuclide scanning – radiopharmaceutical – radiosensitization – radiosensitizer – radiosurgery – – raloxifene – raltitrexed – – ranpirnase – – rapid hormone cycling – rapid-onset opioid – – rasburicase – – ravuconazole – rebeccamycin – – – reconstructive surgery – recurrent cancer – Red blood cell – Reed–Sternberg cell – reflux – – regional cancer – regional chemotherapy – – regional lymph node – regional lymph node dissection – rehabilitation specialist – – relaxation technique – remission induction therapy – remote brachytherapy – renal cell cancer – – – renal tubular acidosis – retinoblastoma – retinoid – retinol – retinyl palmitate – – retropubic prostatectomy – retrospective cohort study – – retroviral vector – retrovirus – RevM10 gene – – rhabdomyosarcoma – rhizoxin – ribavirin – ribonucleotide reductase inhibitor – – – ritonavir – rituximab – RK-0202 – RMP-7 – RNA – Ro 31-7453 – Ro 50-3821 – rofecoxib – rosiglitazone – – RPR 109881A – – RSV

S

– S-phase fraction – safingol – salpingo-oophorectomy – salvage therapy – – saponin – – sarCNU – sarcoma – sarcosinamide nitrosourea – sargramostim – satraplatin – SC-70935 – SCH 54031 – SCH 66336 – SCH-58500 – – Schwann cell – schwannoma – – scleroderma – – Scutellaria barbata – – – second primary cancer – – second-look surgery – – sedoxantrone trihydrochloride – segmental cystectomy – – selective estrogen receptor modulator – selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor – sella turcica – semaxanib – seminal vesicle biopsy – seminoma – semiparasitic – semustine – – sentinel lymph node – – – seocalcitol – SERM – serotonin – sertraline – serum albumin – – – serum tumor marker test – sesquiterpene lactone – sestamibi breast imaging – severe myelosuppression – – SGN-00101 – SGN-15 – – – – shave biopsy – Sho-saiko-to – sialic acid – sialyl Tn-KLH – – – – sigmoidoscopy – signal transduction inhibitor – signet ring cell carcinoma – SIL – sildenafil – Silybum marianum – – simple mastectomy – simple nephrectomy – – single-photon emission computed tomography – siplizumab – sirolimus – – small intestine – – – SMT-487 – SnET2 – – soblidotin – sodium borocaptate – sodium salicylate – sodium sulfite – sodium thiosulfate – – – – somatic cell – somatic mutation – somnolence syndrome – – sorivudine – specific immune cell – – – spiculated mass – – spindle cell sarcoma – – splenomegaly – sputum cytology – – – – squamous intraepithelial lesion – SR-29142 – SR-45023A – – – staging – staurosporine – stavudine – stellate – stem cell – stem cell factor – – stent – stereotactic biopsy – – stereotactic external-beam radiation – stereotactic injection – stereotactic radiation therapy – – stereotaxic radiosurgery – stereotaxis – steroid therapy – STI481 – STI571 – stoma – stomatitis – streptavidin – – Stromagen – stromal tumor – strontium-89 – Sturge–Weber syndrome – – – – SU6668 – – subependymal – – subglottis – subset analysis – subtenon – sucralfate – sulfonamide – sulindac – superior vena cava – superior vena cava syndrome – – supraglottic laryngectomy – – – suramin – – survival rate – symptom management – syncytium – – syngeneic stem cell transplantation – synovial membrane – synovial sarcoma – synthetic protegrin analog – synthetic retinoid – systemic chemotherapy – systemic disease – – systemic therapy

T

T cell – T-3 – T-cell depletion – T-cell lymphoma – T138067 – T4N5 liposomal lotion – T900607 – TAC-101 – tacrolimus –

– talampanel – – tamoxifen – tariquidar – taurolidine – taxane – technetium tc 99m dextran – – tegafur – teicoplanin – telangiectasia – temoporfin – temozolomide – teniposide – – teratoma – – – tetrahydrouridine – TG4010 – theophylline – – thermography – thiotepa – – thoracentesis – thoracoscopy – thoracotomy – – thrombocytopenia – thrombohemorrhagic event – thrombophlebitis – thrombopoietin – thymidine – thymidylate synthase inhibitor – thymoma – – thyroglobulin – thyroid follicular cell – – thyroid-stimulating hormone – thyroidectomy – – tiazofurin – – tin ethyl etiopurpurin – tin Sn 117m DTPA – tinidazole – tioguanine – tipifarnib – tirapazamine – – TLK286 – TM – Transplacental carcinogenesis – – TNFerade – TNM staging system – TNP-470 – tocladesine – tomography – – topoisomerase inhibitor – topotecan – toremifene – tositumomab – total androgen blockade – total estrogen blockade – total nodal irradiation – – – TP-38 immunotoxin – – – – – – transdermal – transferrin-CRM107 – – transitional cell carcinoma – transperineal biopsy – transrectal biopsy – – transurethral biopsy – – – transurethral resection of the prostate – – trastuzumab – Traumeel S – treosulfan – tretinoin – triacetyluridine – triamcinolone – – tributyrin – trichothiodystrophy – triiodothyronine – – – triptorelin – troglitazone – tropisetron – troxacitabine – – tuberous sclerosis – – – – tumor board review – tumor burden – – – tumor load – tumor marker – tumor model – – tumor suppressor gene – tumor-derived – – TUR – – – tympany – type I and type II errors – tyrosinase peptide – tyrosine kinase inhibitor – TZT-1027

U

– UCN-01 – – – – ultrasound-guided biopsy—see ultrasound and biopsy – ultraviolet radiation therapy—see – uncontrolled study—see clinical trial – unconventional cancer treatments—see experimental cancer treatment – undifferentiated—see cellular differentiation – unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy—see oophorectomy – unresectable—see resection – unresectable gallbladder cancer—see gallbladder cancer – unsealed internal radiation therapy—see radiation therapy – – urachus – uracil – urea nitrogen—see blood urea nitrogen – ureteroscopy – urine cytology—see urine – urokinase – urologic oncologist—see – – – – – – uvula

V

– vaccine therapy – vaccinia CEA vaccine – – valdecoxib – valerian –

Valeriana officinalis

– Valerianae radix – valganciclovir – – vancomycin – vapreotide – varicose veins – vascular endothelial growth factor – VEGF – VEGF Trap – venlafaxine – video-assisted resection – video-assisted surgery – – villus – vinblastine – vinca alkaloid – vincristine – vindesine – vinorelbine – viral vector – virotherapy – virtual colonoscopy – Virulizin – – – – visilizumab – visual pathway glioma – VNP20009 – VNP40101M – von Hippel–Lindau disease – voriconazole – vorozole – vulvar cancer – VX 853 –

W

Waldenström macroglobulinemia – warfarin – wedge resection –

– – white blood cell – – whole cell vaccine – Wilms' tumor – Wobe-Mugos E

X

X-ray –

– – xeroderma pigmentosum – – xerostomia – XK469 – XR9576

Y

YM598 – yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan –

–

Z

ZD 1839 – ZD0473 –

– ziconotide – zidovudine – zileuton – – Zollinger–Ellison syndrome – – zolpidem –

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