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Cancer, breast, familial
A number of factors have been identified that increase the risk of breast cancer. One of the strongest of these risk factors is the history of breast cancer in a relative. About 15-20% of women with breast cancer have such a family history…
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Show more- HEOD The abbreviation for the scientific name of the insecticide dieldrin. (The scientific name for dieldrin…
- Enhanced external counterpulsation A non-invasive out-patient treatment for heart disease and, in particular, for angina (chest pain due to an…
- Percutaneous Through the skin, as in a percutaneous biopsy
- Lewis Thomas See: Thomas, Lewis
- Anlagen The plural of anlage. See: Anlage
- Syndrome, Sjogren-Larsson The Sjogren-Larsson syndrome is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a triad of clinical…
- Loiasis The disease caused by the eye worm known as loa loa, a parasite that lives in humans and other primates…
- Peripheral Situated away from the center, as opposed to centrally located. For example, peripheral vision means the type…
- Diaphragm (muscle) The muscle that separates the chest (thoracic) cavity from the abdomen. The diaphragm is the main muscle of…
- Decease To depart from life; to die
- Private mutation A rare mutation found usually only in a single family or a small population. It is like a privately printed…
- Electromyogram, surface Surface EMG