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- androgen ablation
- Treatment to suppress or block the production of male hormones. Androgen suppression is achieved by surgical removal of the testicles, by taking female sex hormones, or by taking other drugs More…
- androgen suppression
- Treatment to suppress or block the production of male hormones. Androgen suppression is achieved by surgical removal of the testicles, by taking female sex hormones, or by taking other More…
- androgen-independent
- Describes the ability of tumor cells to grow in the absence of androgens (hormones that promote the development and maintenance of male sex characteristics). Many early prostate cancers More…
- androgens
- Family of hormones, including fluoxymesterone, methyltestosterone, testosterone, and DHEA that promote the development and maintenance of male sex characteristics.
- anecdotal evidence
- Observations of treatment effects in nonscientific studies; without controls.
- anecdotal report
- An incomplete description of the medical and treatment history of one or more patients. Anecdotal reports may be published in places other than peer-reviewed, scientific journals
- ANED
- alive with no evidence of disease
- anemia
- (a-NEE-mee-a) A condition in which the number of red blood cells is below normal
- anesthesia
- (an-es-THEE-zha) Drugs or substances that cause loss of feeling or awareness. Local anesthetics cause loss of feeling in a part of the body. General anesthetics put the person to sleep
- anesthesiologist
- A doctor who specializes in giving drugs or other agents to prevent or relieve pain during surgery or other procedures being done in the hospital
- anesthetic
- (an-es-THET-ik) A substance that causes loss of feeling or awareness. Local anesthetics cause loss of feeling in a part of the body. General anesthetics put the person to sleep
- anetholtrithione
- A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer
- aneuploid
- Having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number
- aneuploidy
- Having an abnormal number of chromosomes.
- Angelica root
- The root of any of a group of herbs called Angelica. It has been used in some cultures to treat certain medical problems, including gastrointestinal problems such as loss of appetite, More…
- angiogenesis
- (an-gee-o-GEN-eh-sis) Blood vessel formation. Tumor angiogenesis is the growth of blood vessels from surrounding tissue to a solid tumor. This is caused by the release of chemicals by the More…
- angiogenesis inhibitor
- A substance that may prevent the formation of blood vessels. In anticancer therapy, an angiogenesis inhibitor prevents the growth of blood vessels from surrounding tissue to a solid tumor More…
- angiogram
- (AN-jee-o-gram) An x-ray of blood vessels; the person receives an injection of dye to outline the vessels on the x-ray
- angiography
- (an-jee-AH-gra-fee) A procedure to x-ray blood vessels. The blood vessels can be seen because of an injection of a dye that shows up in the x-ray pictures
- angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma
- An aggressive (rapidly progressing) type of T-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma marked by enlarged lymph nodes and hypergammaglobulinemia (increased antibodies in the blood). Other symptoms may More…
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