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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
Surgery to remove a diseased lung, part of the pericardium (membrane covering the heart), part of the diaphragm (muscle between the lungs and the abdomen), and part of the parietal pleura (membrane lining the chest). This type of surgery is used most often to treat malignant mesothelioma.
Industry:Health care
The process of making glucose (sugar) from its own breakdown products or from the breakdown products of lipids (fats) or proteins. Gluconeogenesis occurs mainly in cells of the liver or kidney.
Industry:Health care
In medicine, a sign, symptom, or medical condition that leads to the recommendation of a treatment, test, or procedure.
Industry:Health care
A glycosaminoglycan (a type of polysaccharide) found in cartilage and in the cornea of the eye.
Industry:Health care
Having to do with the meninges (three thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord).
Industry:Health care
A type of cancer that begins in cells that line certain internal organs and produce mucin (the main component of mucus).
Industry:Health care
Describes the legal use of a prescription drug to treat a disease or condition for which the drug has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Industry:Health care
A surgeon who specializes in the treatment of children. A surgeon removes or repairs a part of the body by operating on the patient.
Industry:Health care
A term used to describe a condition that may (or is likely to) become cancer. Also called precancerous.
Industry:Health care
The most common type of kidney cancer. It begins in the lining of the renal tubules in the kidney. The renal tubules filter the blood and produce urine. Also called hypernephroma, renal cell adenocarcinoma, and renal cell cancer.
Industry:Health care
