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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
An antidepressant drug that is being evaluated for the treatment of hot flashes in women who have breast cancer.
Industry:Health care
An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called topoisomerase inhibitors.
Industry:Health care
In the body, the flow of blood through the heart and blood vessels, and the flow of lymph through the lymph vessels.
Industry:Health care
Movement of feces (undigested food, bacteria, mucus, and cells from the lining of the intestines) through the bowel and out the anus. Also called bowel movement.
Industry:Health care
Refers to tissue that makes and releases hormones that travel in the bloodstream and control the actions of other cells or organs. Some examples of endocrine tissues are the pituitary, thyroid, and adrenal glands.
Industry:Health care
A substance that blocks the activity of folic acid. Folate antagonists are used to treat cancer. Also called antifolate.
Industry:Health care
The part of certain molecules that contains iron. The heme part of hemoglobin is the substance inside red blood cells that binds to oxygen in the lungs and carries it to the tissues.
Industry:Health care
An operation in which the testicle is removed through an incision in the groin.
Industry:Health care
Removal of the blood to collect specific blood cells. The remaining blood is returned to the body.
Industry:Health care
A protein found in skin and eye cells that make melanin (a pigment that gives color to the skin and helps protect it from damage by ultraviolet light). People with certain changes in the gene for melanotropin receptor have a higher risk of developing melanoma (skin cancer that begins in melanocytes). Also called MC1R and melanocortin 1 receptor.
Industry:Health care
