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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A procedure in which high-energy sound waves are bounced off internal tissues or organs and make echoes. The echo patterns are shown on the screen of an ultrasound machine, forming a picture of body tissues called a sonogram. Also called ultrasound.
Industry:Health care
An increase in the number of cells as a result of cell growth and cell division.
Industry:Health care
A hormone made by the adrenal cortex (the outer layer of the adrenal gland). It helps the body use glucose (a sugar), protein, and fats. Cortisol made in the laboratory is called hydrocortisone. It is used to treat many conditions, including inflammation, allergies, and some cancers. Cortisol is a type of glucocorticoid hormone.
Industry:Health care
The most common type of breast cancer. It begins in the cells that line the milk ducts in the breast.
Industry:Health care
A type of glioma (cancer of the brain that comes from glial, or supportive, cells).
Industry:Health care
An opening into the ileum, part of the small intestine, from the outside of the body. An ileostomy provides a new path for waste material to leave the body after part of the intestine has been removed.
Industry:Health care
In medicine, the place where two or more bones are connected. Examples include the shoulder, elbow, knee, and jaw.
Industry:Health care
A lymph node located above the collar bone and between the center of the body and a line drawn through the nipple to the shoulder.
Industry:Health care
A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer using photodynamic therapy. It belongs to the family of drugs called metallotexaphyrins. Also called lutetium texaphyrin.
Industry:Health care
