English dictionary of cancer terms . 2015.
Hepatic arterial infusion — is a medical procedure to deliver chemotherapy directly to the liver. Catheters are put into an artery in the groin that leads directly to the liver, and drugs are given through the catheters. External links * [http://www.cancer.gov/Templates/db… … Wikipedia
Percutaneous hepatic perfusion — (PHP) is a regionalized, minimally invasive approach to cancer treatment currently undergoing Phase II and Phase III clinical testing. PHP treats a variety of hepatic tumors by isolating the liver and exposing the organ to high dose chemotherapy … Wikipedia
List of oncology-related terms — This is a list of terms related to oncology. The original source for this list was the U.S. National Cancer Institute s public domain Dictionary of Cancer Terms . NOTOC 1 * 10 propargyl 10 deazaaminopterin * 12 O tetradecanoylphorbol 13 acetate * … Wikipedia
HAI — health care associated infection; hemagglutination inhibition; hepatic arterial infusion; hospital acquired infection * * * hemagglutination inhibition; see under test … Medical dictionary
HAI — • health care associated infection; • hemagglutination inhibition; • hepatic arterial infusion; • hospital acquired infection … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
Delcath Systems, Inc. — Delcath redirects here. For other uses, see Delcath (disambiguation). Delcath Systems, Inc. is a developer of percutaneous perfusion technologies for the targeted administration of high dose chemotherapeutic agents to specific organs or regions… … Wikipedia
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… … Medical dictionary
Hepatocellular carcinoma — Infobox Disease Name = Hepatocellular carcinoma Caption = Hepatocellular carcinoma in an individual that was hepatitis C positive. Autopsy specimen. ICD10 = ICD10|C|22|0|C|22 ICD9 = ICD9|155 ICDO = 8170/3 MedlinePlus = 000280 eMedicineSubj = med… … Wikipedia
drug — drug1 /drug/, n., v., drugged, drugging. n. 1. Pharm. a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well being. 2. (in federal law) a. any substance… … Universalium
