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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A cell that forms the lining of the fluid-filled spaces in the brain and spinal cord. It is a type of glial cell.
Industry:Health care
An organ that makes one or more substances, such as hormones, digestive juices, sweat, tears, saliva, or milk. Endocrine glands release the substances directly into the bloodstream. Exocrine glands release the substances into a duct or opening to the inside or outside of the body.
Industry:Health care
A term used to describe cells that look abnormal under a microscope. These cells are more likely to grow and spread quickly than cells in low-grade cancer or in growths that may become cancer.
Industry:Health care
The group receiving the study agent that is being tested in a clinical trial or clinical study.
Industry:Health care
Primary liver cancer is cancer that forms in the tissues of the liver. Secondary liver cancer is cancer that spreads to the liver from another part of the body.
Industry:Health care
A chemical that is made by nerve cells and used to communicate with other cells, including other nerve cells and muscle cells.
Industry:Health care
A drug given during chemotherapy to increase blood cell regeneration. Promegapoietin is a colony-stimulating factor that stimulates the production of blood cells, especially platelets. It is a cytokine and belongs to the family of drugs called hematopoietic (blood-forming) agents.
Industry:Health care
A type of brain tumor that occurs in or around the pineal gland, a tiny organ near the center of the brain.
Industry:Health care
A type of external radiation therapy that uses special equipment to position the patient and precisely give a single large dose of radiation to a tumor. It is used to treat brain tumors and other brain disorders that cannot be treated by regular surgery. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Also called radiosurgery, stereotactic radiosurgery, and stereotaxic radiosurgery.
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