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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
To get rid of waste material from the blood, tissues, or organs by a normal discharge (such as sweat, urine, or stool).
Industry:Health care
A reproductive cell of the body. Germ cells are egg cells in females and sperm cells in males.
Industry:Health care
Radiation treatment in which the total dose of radiation is divided into large doses and treatments are given less than once a day. Also called hypofractionated radiation therapy.
Industry:Health care
A rare cancer that forms in the islets of Langerhans cells (a type of cell found in the pancreas). Also called pancreatic endocrine cancer.
Industry:Health care
An indolent (slow-growing) type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma marked by abnormal levels of IgM antibodies in the blood and an enlarged liver, spleen, or lymph nodes. Also called Waldenström macroglobulinemia.
Industry:Health care
A branch of medicine that develops ways to diagnose and treat disease by understanding the way genes, proteins, and other cellular molecules work. Molecular medicine is based on research that shows how certain genes, molecules, and cellular functions may become abnormal in diseases such as cancer.
Industry:Health care
The concentration of particles dissolved in a fluid. The osmolality of serum can help diagnose several medical conditions such as dehydration, diabetes, and shock.
Industry:Health care
Surgery to remove the uterus, but not the cervix. Also called subtotal hysterectomy.
Industry:Health care
Surgery to remove the lower part of the bowel, rectum, uterus, cervix, ovaries, fallopian tubes, and vagina. Pelvic lymph nodes may also be removed.
Industry:Health care
