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Chemotherapy, adjuvant
Chemotherapy, adjuvant: Chemotherapy (drug therapy) that is given after tumor surgery. The idea underpinning adjuvant chemotherapy is that the toxic drugs are more effective after the main tumor has been removed and any cancer that remains…
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- Atelectasis, secondary See: Secondary atelectasis
- IFA Indirect immunofluorescence assay
- Test, Pap A screening test for cervical cancer based on the examination under the microscope of cells collected from…
- FALDH deficiency Also known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a…
- Ring chromosome A structurally abnormal chromosome in which the end of each chromosome arm has been lost and the broken arms…
- Ileus, meconium Obstruction of the intestine (ileus) due to overly thick meconium, the dark sticky stuff that is normally…
- Michael Stuart Brown See: Brown, Michael Stuart
- Large-cell lymphoma A novel type of bacterium first isolated in Hong Kong in 2001 from the blood and empyema (pus in the chest)…
- Axelrod See: Axelrod, Julius
- African-American See: African American
- Zenker diverticulum The most common type of outpouching in the esophagus, due to increased pressure causing the mucous membrane…