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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
An aggressive (fast-growing) type of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma that occurs most often in children and young adults. The disease may affect the jaw, central nervous system, bowel, kidneys, ovaries, or other organs. There are three main types of Burkitt lymphoma (sporadic, endemic, and immunodeficiency related). Sporadic Burkitt lymphoma occurs throughout the world, and endemic Burkitt lymphoma occurs in Africa. Immunodeficiency-related Burkitt lymphoma is most often seen in AIDS patients.
Industry:Health care
Practises used instead of standard treatments. They generally are not recognised by the medical community as standard or conventional medical approaches. Examples of alternative medicine include dietary supplements, megadose vitamins, herbal preparations, special teas, acupuncture, massage therapy, magnet therapy, spiritual healing, and meditation.
Industry:Health care
An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called alkylating agents.
Industry:Health care
In transplantation, refers to a person's own bone marrow. Bone marrow is the soft, sponge-like tissue in the centre of most large bones that produces white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.
Industry:Health care
Inflammation (swelling, pain, and warmth) of a bursa. A bursa is a flat, fluid-filled sac found between a bone and a tendon or muscle. It forms a cushion to help the tendon or muscle slide smoothly over the bone. Bursitis may be caused by long-term overuse, trauma, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, or infection. It usually affects the shoulder, knee, elbow, hip, or foot.
Industry:Health care
A chemical substance that contains aluminium sulphate and a second chemical, usually potassium sulfate. It is used to shrink tissues, to stop bleeding, and to boost the immune response to a vaccine.
Industry:Health care
A procedure in which bone marrow is removed from a person, stored, and then given back to the person after intensive treatment.
Industry:Health care
An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called gonadotropin-releasing hormones. In prostate cancer therapy, buserelin blocks the production of testosterone in the testicles.
Industry:Health care
