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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A substance that contains many amino acids (the molecules that join together to form proteins).
Industry:Health care
A form of tissue plasminogen activator that is made in the laboratory. It helps dissolve blood clots and is used to treat heart attacks, strokes, and clots in the lungs. It is also being studied in the treatment of cancer. It is a type of systemic thrombolytic agent. Also called Activase, Alteplase, and r-tPA.
Industry:Health care
A procedure in which a skin abnormality and a thin layer of surrounding skin are removed with a small blade for examination under a microscope. Stitches are not needed with this procedure.
Industry:Health care
A set of symptoms or conditions that occur together and suggest the presence of a certain disease or an increased chance of developing the disease.
Industry:Health care
A group of abnormal cells that remain in the place where they first formed. They have not spread. These abnormal cells may become cancer and spread into nearby normal tissue. Also called stage 0 disease.
Industry:Health care
A condition or trait present at birth. It may be the result of genetic or non-genetic factors.
Industry:Health care
A drug that slows the metabolism of retinoids, allowing them to act over a longer period of time.
Industry:Health care
Describes cells that do not have a protein to which the hormone estrogen will bind. Cancer cells that are estrogen receptor negative do not need estrogen to grow, and usually do not stop growing when treated with hormones that block estrogen from binding. Also called ER-.
Industry:Health care
Official nonbrand names by which medicines are known. Generic names usually refer to the chemical name of the drug.
Industry:Health care
