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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A member of a family of viruses that can cause infections in the respiratory tract, eye, and gastrointestinal tract. Forms of adenoviruses that do not cause disease are used in gene therapy. They carry genes that may fix defects in cells or kill cancer cells.
Industry:Health care
A type of cell death in which a series of molecular steps in a cell leads to its death. This is the body’s normal way of getting rid of unneeded or abnormal cells. The process of apoptosis may be blocked in cancer cells. Also called programmed cell death.
Industry:Health care
The soft, sponge-like tissue in the centre of most bones. It produces white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.
Industry:Health care
An x-ray of the organs inside the abdomen. An x-ray is a type of radiation that can pass through the body and onto film, making pictures of areas inside the body. X-rays may be used to help diagnose disease.
Industry:Health care
In human anatomy, has to do with the front of a structure, or a structure found toward the front of the body.
Industry:Health care
Cancer that forms in a bile duct. A bile duct is a tube that carries bile (fluid made by the liver that helps digest fat) between the liver and gallbladder and the intestine. Bile ducts include the common hepatic, cystic, and common bile ducts. Bile duct cancer may be found inside the liver (intrahepatic) or outside the liver (extrahepatic).
Industry:Health care
In cancer therapy, a drug or substance used in addition to the primary therapy.
Industry:Health care
Surgery to remove the appendix (small finger-shaped pouch at the end of the first part of the large intestine).
Industry:Health care
