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Chemoembolization
Chemoembolization is a procedure in which the blood supply to a tumor is blocked and anticancer drugs are administered directly into the tumor, permitting a much higher concentration of drugs to be in contact with the tumor for a longer…
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- Phenol 1. A poisonous corrosive compound obtained by the distillation of coal tar that, in dilute solution, is an…
- Cancer cluster A greater-than-expected number of cancer cases that occurs within a group of people in a geographic area over…
- Aluminum poisoning See: Aluminum
- Alveolar hydatid disease >By directly ingesting food contaminated with stool from foxes or coyotes. This might include grass, herbs…
- Ragged red fibers with CPEO See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Ophthalmoscope A lighted instrument, one of the most important tools of the physician, used to examine the interior of the…
- Magnetic resonance elastography An imaging technique used to measure the elasticity of tissue by gently shaking the tissue in a magnetic…
- Venereal wart A wart that is confined primarily to the moist skin of the genitals. These warts are due to viruses belonging…