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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A type of radiation therapy given only to the part of the breast that has cancer in it. Partial-breast irradiation gives a higher dose over a shorter time than is given in standard whole-breast radiation therapy. Partial-breast irradiation may be given using internal or external sources of radiation. Also called accelerated partial-breast irradiation.
Industry:Health care
In medicine, the effect of increasing the potency or effectiveness of a drug or other treatment.
Industry:Health care
In oncology, a lymph node that drains lymph from the region around a tumor.
Industry:Health care
A change in the heat and electricity passed through the skin by nerves and sweat. Skin conduction increases in certain emotional states and during hot flashes that happen with menopause. Also called electrodermal response and galvanic skin response.
Industry:Health care
The delivery of healthcare from a distance using electronic information and technology such as computers, cameras, videoconferencing, the Internet, satellite, and wireless communications.
Industry:Health care
A protein that is made from tumor cells and is used in a vaccine against melanoma. A tyrosinase peptide vaccine may stimulate the body's immune system to find and kill melanoma cells.
Industry:Health care
A drug used to treat infection. It belongs to the family of drugs called cephalosporin antibiotics.
Industry:Health care
A molecule made up of two or more different kinds of small molecules called monomers. The monomers are joined together in a repeating pattern.
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A drug used to prevent nausea and vomiting in patients who receive anesthesia before surgery. It is also used to treat anxiety. Droperidol is a type of antiemetic, adjunct anesthesia, and antipsychotic.
Industry:Health care
