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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A health professional with special training in nutrition who can help with dietary choices. Also called dietitian.
Industry:Health care
Surgery to remove one or more parathyroid glands (four pea-sized organs found on the thyroid).
Industry:Health care
A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called anticancer antibiotics.
Industry:Health care
Cancer that has recurred (come back), usually after a period of time during which the cancer could not be detected. The cancer may come back to the same place as the original (primary) tumor or to another place in the body. Also called recurrent cancer.
Industry:Health care
The process by which a cell responds to substances in its environment. The binding of a substance to a molecule on the surface of a cell causes signals to be passed from one molecule to another inside the cell. These signals can affect many functions of the cell, including cell division and cell death. Cells that have permanent changes in signal transduction molecules may develop into cancer.
Industry:Health care
A small hollow tube used for injecting or withdrawing liquids. It may be attached to a needle in order to withdraw fluid from the body or inject drugs into the body.
Industry:Health care
An abnormal mass of tissue that results when cells divide more than they should or do not die when they should. Tumors may be benign (not cancer), or malignant (cancer). Also called neoplasm.
Industry:Health care
A condition in which stool becomes hard, dry, and difficult to pass, and bowel movements don’t happen very often. Other symptoms may include painful bowel movements, and feeling bloated, uncomfortable, and sluggish.
Industry:Health care
In medicine, a person who gives blood, cells, tissue, or an organ for use in another person, such as in a blood transfusion or an organ transplant.
Industry:Health care
