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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
Describes an organ, tissue, or cancer that has not been either partly or completely removed by surgery.
Industry:Health care
The portion of the brain in the back of the head between the cerebrum and the brain stem. The cerebellum controls balance for walking and standing, and other complex motor functions.
Industry:Health care
The beliefs, values, and behaviors that are shared within a group, such as a religious group or a nation. Culture includes language, customs, and beliefs about roles and relationships.
Industry:Health care
A small bruise caused by blood leaking from broken blood vessels into the tissues of the skin or mucous membranes.
Industry:Health care
A diagram that shows the order of steps in a complex process. Also called flow sheet.
Industry:Health care
gp100. A tumor-specific antigen used in the development of cancer vaccines. Also called gp100.
Industry:Health care
A condition in which platelets (blood cells that cause blood clots to form) are destroyed by the immune system. The low platelet count causes easy bruising and bleeding, which may be seen as purple areas in the skin, mucous membranes, and outer linings of organs. Also called immune thrombocytopenic purpura and ITP.
Industry:Health care
Cancer that forms in tissues of the kidneys. Kidney cancer includes renal cell carcinoma (cancer that forms in the lining of very small tubes in the kidney that filter the blood and remove waste products) and renal pelvis carcinoma (cancer that forms in the center of the kidney where urine collects). It also includes Wilms tumor, which is a type of kidney cancer that usually develops in children under the age of 5.
Industry:Health care
An inherited condition that may result in the development of cancers of the endocrine system. There are several types of multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome, and patients with each type may develop different types of cancer. The altered genes that cause each type can be detected with a blood test. Also called MEN syndrome.
Industry:Health care
