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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
The way a person thinks about his or her body and how it looks to others.
Industry:Health care
A procedure in which a person receives stem cells (cells from which all blood cells develop) from a genetically similar, but not identical, donor.
Industry:Health care
A term that has been used to describe abnormal cells that come from glands in the walls of the cervix (the lower, narrow end of the uterus). These abnormal cells are found in a small number of Pap smears (a procedure used to detect cervical cancer) and may be a sign of more serious lesions or cancer. The term used now is atypical glandular cells. Also called AGUS and atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance.
Industry:Health care
A large airway that leads from the trachea (windpipe) to a lung. The plural of bronchus is bronchi.
Industry:Health care
A rare type of cancer that usually begins in the salivary glands.
Industry:Health care
The largest artery in the body. It carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to vessels that reach the rest of the body.
Industry:Health care
A measure that relates body weight to height. BMI is sometimes used to measure total body fat and whether a person is a healthy weight. Excess body fat is linked to an increased risk of some diseases including heart disease and some cancers. Also called BMI.
Industry:Health care
A procedure in which a person receives blood-forming stem cells (cells from which all blood cells develop) from a genetically similar, but not identical, donor. This is often a sister or brother, but could be an unrelated donor.
Industry:Health care
A benign (not cancer) condition in which cells look abnormal under a microscope and are increased in number.
Industry:Health care
A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer. Brostallicin hydrochloride binds to DNA and may kill cancer cells. It may also help other drugs kill cancer cells. It is a type of DNA minor groove binding agent.
Industry:Health care
