– amonafide – amoxicillin – amphotericin B – ampulla – ampulla of Vater – amputation – amsacrine – amylase – amyloidosis – anagrelide – anakinra – anaphylactic shock – anaplastic – anaplastic large cell lymphoma – anaplastic thyroid cancer – anastomosis – anastrozole – androgen – androgen ablation – androgen suppression – androgen-independent – anecdotal report – anemia – anetholtrithione – Angelica root – angiogenesis – angiogenesis inhibitor – angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma – angiosarcoma – angiostatin – angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor – anhydrovinblastine – anidulafungin – animal model – annamycin – anorexia – ansamycin – antagonist – anterior mediastinotomy – anterior mediastinum – anthracenedione – anthracycline – anthraquinone – anti-CEA antibody – anti-idiotype vaccine – anti-inflammatory – antiandrogen – antiandrogen therapy – anti-angiogenesis – antiangiogenic – antibody – antibody therapy – anticachexia – anticancer antibiotic – anticarcinogenic – anticoagulant – anticonvulsant – antidepressant – antiemetic – antiestrogen – antifolate – antifungal medication – antigen – antigen-presenting cell – antigen-presenting cell vaccine – antiglobulin test – antihormone therapy – antimetabolite – antimicrotubule agent – antimitotic agent – antineoplastic – antineoplastic antibiotic – antioxidant – antiparasitic – antiretroviral therapy – antisense c-fos – antithymocyte globulin – antituberculosis – antitumor antibiotic – Antiviral drug – anxiolytic
– apheresis – aplastic anemia – aplidine – apocrine gland – apolizumab – apoptosis – appendix – arctigenin – arctiin – arginine butyrate – aromatase inhibitor – arsenic trioxide – arteriogram – arteriography – asbestos – ascites – asparaginase – aspartate transaminase – aspergillosis – Aspergillus – asthenia – astrocyte – astrocytoma – asymptomatic – atamestane – ataxia – ataxia-telangiectasia – ataxic gait – atelectasis – athymic nude mouse
– bicalutamide – bidi (oncology) – bilateral cancer – bilateral nephrectomy – bilateral prophylactic mastectomy – bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy – bile duct – biliary – bilirubin – binding agent – bioavailable – biochanin A – biochemical reactions – biological response modifier – biological therapy – biomarker – Biomed 101 – biopsy – biopsy specimen – biotherapy – Birt–Hogg–Dube syndrome – bispecific antibody – bispecific monoclonal antibody – bisphosphonate – bizelesin – BL22 immunotoxin – black cohosh – black snakeroot – blast – blast crisis – blast phase – bleomycin – blessed thistle – blinded study – blood cell count – blood chemistry study – blood thinner – blood transfusion – blood–brain barrier – blood–brain barrier disruption
– capecitabine – capsaicin – captopril – carbendazim – carbogen – carbon-11 acetate – carboplatin – carboxyamidotriazole – carboxypeptidase-G2 – carcinoembryonic antigen – carcinoembryonic antigen peptide-1 – carcinogen – carcinogenesis – carcinoid – carcinoid syndrome – carcinoma – carcinoma in situ – carcinomatosis – carcinosarcoma – carcinosis – carcinostatic – cardin (oncology) – carmustine – carnitine – carotenoid – carzelesin – case report – case series – case-control study – caspofungin acetate – Castleman's disease – CAT scan – catechol – cauterization – cauterize – cBR96-doxorubicin immunoconjugate
– cold nodule – Coley's toxins – collagen disease – collagenase – collecting duct – coloanal anastomosis – coloanal pull-through – Colorectal cancer (colon cancer) – colon polyp – colonoscope – colonoscopy – colony-stimulating factor – colorectal – colposcope – colposcopy – combination chemotherapy – combretastatin A4 phosphate – comedo carcinoma – common bile duct – comorbidity – compassionate use trial – complementary and alternative medicine – complete blood count (CBC) – complete hysterectomy – complete metastasectomy – complete remission – complete response – compound nevus – compression bandage – computed tomographic colonography – computed tomography – computed tomography colography – computerized axial tomography – computerized tomography – concurrent therapy – condylomata acuminata – cone biopsy – congestive heart failure – conization – consecutive case series – consolidation therapy – contiguous lymphoma – continent reservoir – contingency management – continuous hyperthermic peritoneal perfusion – continuous infusion – contralateral – control animal – control group – controlled clinical trial – controlled study – conventional therapy – conventional treatment – cooperative group – CoQ10 – cordectomy – cordycepin – core biopsy – corticosteroid – Corynebacterium granulosum – coumestan – coumestrol
– craniopharyngioma – craniotomy – creatine – creatinine – cribriform – crisnatol mesylate – Crohn's disease – cryopreservation – cryosurgery – cryotherapy – cryptorchidism
– da-huang – dacarbazine – dacliximab – daclizumab – dactinomycin – daidzein – dalteparin – danazol – darbepoetin alfa – darkfield microscope – Data Safety and Monitoring Committee – daunorubicin
– de novo – death cap – debulking operation – decitabine – decortication – deferoxamine – defibrotide – degenerative disease – dehydroepiandrosterone – delayed-type hypersensitivity response – dendritic cell – dendritic cell vaccine – denileukin diftitox – dental implant – deoxycytidine – deoxyribonucleic acid – DepoFoam-encapsulated cytarabine – depsipeptide – dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans – dermatologist – dermis
– di-dgA-RFB4 monoclonal antibody – diagnosis – diagnostic mammogram – diagnostic procedures – diagnostic trial – diathermy – diaziquone – didanosine – DIEP flap – diethylstilbestrol – differentiation – difluoromethylornithine – digital mammography – digital photography – digital rectal examination – dihematoporphyrin ether – dimesna – dimethyl sulfoxide – dimethylxanthenone acetic acid – diphosphonate – dipyridamole – disease progression – disease-free survival – disease-specific survival – distal – distal pancreatectomy – distant cancer – distraction – disulfiram
– docetaxel – dock – dolasetron – dolastatin 10 – donepezil – dose – dose-dense chemotherapy – dose-dependent – dose-limiting – dose-rate – dosimetrist – double-blinded – double-contrast barium enema – doubling time – doxercalciferol – doxorubicin – doxycycline
– ecchymosis – echocardiography – ecteinascidin 743 – ectocervical – edatrexate – edotecarin – edrecolomab – efaproxiral – effector cell – efficacy – eflornithine – EGb761
– fatty-replaced breast tissue – fazarabine – fecal occult blood test – fenretinide – fentanyl – fiber – fibrin sealant – fibroblast – fibroid – fibromatosis – fibrosarcoma – fibrosis – fibrous – fifth cranial nerve – filgrastim – filgrastim-SD/01 – finasteride – fine-needle aspiration – first-line therapy
– flavonoid – flavopiridol – flecainide – flow cytometry – floxuridine – flt3L – fluconazole – flucytosine – fludarabine – fludeoxyglucose F 18 – fludrocortisone – fluoropyrimidine – fluoroscope – fluoroscopy – fluorouracil – fluoxetine – flutamide
– fractionation – free radical – fulguration – fulvestrant – functional magnetic resonance imaging – fundus – fungating lesion – fusion protein
– Gleason score – Gleevec – Gliadel Wafer – glial cell – glial tumor – glioblastoma – glioblastoma multiforme – glioma – gliosarcoma – glossectomy – glucagon – glucagonoma – glucocorticoid – gluconeogenesis – glufosfamide – glutamine – glutathione – glutathione S-transferase – glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase inhibitor[1] – glycolysis – glycopeptide – glycoprotein – glycoprotein 100 – glycosaminoglycan
– HER2/neu – HER2/neu gene – herba scutellaria barbatae – hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer syndrome – hereditary mutation – hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer – herpesvirus – heterogenic – hexyl 5-aminolevulinate – high-dose chemotherapy – high-dose-rate remote brachytherapy – high-dose-rate remote radiation therapy – high-energy photon therapy – high-grade lymphoma – high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion – high-risk cancer – highly active antiretroviral therapy – hilar – histamine dihydrochloride – histiocytic lymphoma – histologic examination – histology – histone – histone deacetylase – historic cohort study – historical control subject
– imaging procedure – imatinib mesylate – imipenem – imiquimod – immune adjuvant – immune function – immune response – immune system – immune system tolerance – immunoassay – immunocompetence – immunocompetent – immunocompromised – immunodeficiency – immunodeficiency syndrome – immunoglobulin – immunological adjuvant – immunology – immunomodulation – immunophenotyping – immunoscintigraphy – immunostimulant – immunosuppression – immunosuppressive – immunosuppressive therapy – immunotherapy – immunotoxin – in situ cancer – incisional biopsy – incomplete Freund's adjuvant – indinavir – indium In 111 ibritumomab tiuxetan – indium In 111 pentetreotide – indole-3-carbinol – indolent lymphoma – indometacin – induction therapy – infiltrating cancer – infiltrating ductal carcinoma – inflammatory breast cancer – infliximab – infrared coagulation – inguinal orchiectomy – inoperable – inositol – inositol hexaphosphate – instillation – Institutional Review Board – intensification therapy – Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy – intercalator – interferon – interleukin – interleukin-1 – interleukin-1-alpha – interleukin-11 – interleukin-12 – interleukin-2 – interleukin-3 – interleukin-4 – interleukin-4 PE38KDEL cytotoxin – interleukin-4 PE38KDEL immunotoxin – interleukin-6 – interleukin-7 – intermediate-grade lymphoma – internal radiation – interstitial radiation therapy – intestinal villi – intoplicine – intracarotid infusion – intracavitary – intracavitary radiation – intracellular – intracolonic – intracranial tumor – intradermal – intraductal carcinoma – intraepithelial – intrahepatic – intrahepatic bile ducts – intrahepatic infusion – intralesional – intraluminal intubation and dilation – Intramuscular injection (IM) – intraocular melanoma – intraoperative radiation therapy – intraperitoneal – intraperitoneal chemotherapy – Intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemoperfusion – intraperitoneal infusion – intraperitoneal radiation therapy – intrapleural – intrathecal – intrathecal chemotherapy – intratumoral, meaning within a tumour – intravenous pyelogram – intravenous pyelography – intraventricular infusion – intravesical – invasive cancer – invasive cervical cancer – inverted papilloma – investigational – inviable – iodine I 131 tositumomab – iododoxorubicin – ionomycin
– junctional nevus – juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia Kaposi's sarcoma – karenitecin – Karnofsky Performance Status – keloid – keratan sulfate – keratinocyte growth factor – keratoacanthoma – ketoconazole – ketorolac – keyhole limpet hemocyanin
– L-carnitine (see Carnitine) – laboratory study – laboratory test – lacrimal gland – lactate dehydrogenase – lactic acid dehydrogenase – LAK cell – lamina propria – lamivudine – lamotrigine – laparoscope – laparoscopic prostatectomy – laparoscopic-assisted colectomy – laparoscopy – laparotomy – lappa – large cell carcinoma – large granular lymphocyte – laryngectomy – laser surgery – laser therapy
– medial supraclavicular lymph node – median survival time – mediastinal pleura – mediastinoscopy – mediastinum – medical castration – medical oncologist – medroxyprogesterone – medullary breast carcinoma – medullary thyroid cancer – medulloblastoma – mega-voltage linear accelerator – megestrol – meiosis – melanocyte – melanoma – melanoma vaccine – melphalan
– MEN1 syndrome – meningeal – meningeal metastases – meningioma – menopausal hormone therapy – mercaptopurine – mercury – Merkel cell cancer – mesenchymal – mesenteric membrane – mesna – mesonephroma – mesothelioma – metaplasia – metaplastic carcinoma – metastasectomy – metastasis – metastasize – metastatic – metastatic cancer – metasynchronous – meteorism – methotrexate – methoxsalen – Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta – methyl-5-aminolevulinate – methylphenidate – methylprednisolone – metoclopramide – metronidazole – metronomic therapy – Mexican valerian
– nebulizer – neck dissection – needle biopsy – needle-localized biopsy – negative axillary lymph node – negative test result – nelarabine – nelfinavir mesylate – neoadjuvant therapy – neoplasia – neoplasm – nephrotomogram – nephrotoxic – nephroureterectomy – nerve block – nerve grafting – nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy – nerve-sparing surgery – neuro-oncologist – neurobehavioral – neuroblastoma – neuroectodermal tumor – neuroendocrine – neuroendocrine tumor – neuroepithelial – neurofibroma – neurofibromatosis type I – neurofibromatosis type 2 – neuroma – neuron – neuropathologist – neuropathy – neuropeptide – neuroradiologist – neurotoxicity – neurotoxin – neurotropism – neutropenia – neutrophil – nevus
– peldesine – pelvic exenteration – pelvic lymphadenectomy – pemetrexed disodium – penclomedine – penicillamine – pentetic acid calcium – pentosan polysulfate – pentostatin – pentoxifylline – peptide – peptide 946 – percutaneous ethanol injection – percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage – percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage – percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography – perfusion – perfusion magnetic resonance imaging – pericardial effusion – perifosine – perineal colostomy – perineal prostatectomy – peripheral blood lymphocyte therapy – peripheral neuropathy – peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor – peripheral stem cell – peripheral stem cell support – peripheral stem cell transplantation – peristalsis – peritoneal cancer – peritoneal infusion – peritoneal perfusion – pernicious anemia – pertuzumab – PET scan – petechiae – Peutz–Jeghers syndrome – phagocyte – pharmacokinetics – phase I trial – phase I/II trial – phase II trial – phase II/III trial – phase III trial – phase IV trial – phenethyl isothiocyanate – phenoxodiol – phenylacetate – phenylbutyrate – pheochromocytoma – pheresis – Philadelphia chromosome – photodynamic therapy – photothermal therapy – photofrin – photopheresis – phyllodes tumor – Physician Data Query – phytic acid – phytoestrogen – phytosterol
– polifeprosan 20 carmustine implant – poly-ICLC – polyglutamate camptothecin – polyglutamate paclitaxel – polymerase chain reaction – polymorphism – polyneuritis – polyp – polypectomy – polyphenol – Polyphenon E – polyposis – pons – pontine – porfimer sodium – porfiromycin – port-a-cath – positive axillary lymph node – positive test result – positron emission tomography scan – postremission therapy
– precancerous – precancerous dermatitis – precancerous dermatosis – precancerous polyps – predictive factor – prednisolone – prednisone – preleukemia – premalignant – pretracheal space – prevascular space – preventive mastectomy – primary central nervous system lymphoma – primary endpoint – primary myelofibrosis – primary peritoneal cancer – primary tumor – primitive neuroectodermal tumor – prinomastat – pro-oxidant – probenecid – procarbazine – prochlorperazine – proctoscopy – proctosigmoidoscopy – progesterone receptor negative – progesterone receptor positive – progesterone receptor test – progression-free survival (PFS) – progressive disease – proliferative index – prolymphocytic leukemia – promegapoietin – promyelocytic leukemia – prophylactic cranial irradiation – prophylactic mastectomy – prophylactic oophorectomy – prophylactic surgery – prophylaxis – prospective cohort study – Prost 30 monoclonal antibody – prostate-specific antigen – prostate-specific antigen test – prostatectomy – prostatic acid phosphatase – prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia – prostatitis – protease inhibitor – protein kinase C – proteoglycan – proteomic profile – proteomics – proton beam radiation therapy – proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
– radiation fibrosis – radiation oncologist – radiation physicist – radiation surgery – radiation therapist – radiation therapy – radical cystectomy – radical lymph node dissection – radical mastectomy – radical perineal prostatectomy – radical prostatectomy – radical retropubic prostatectomy – radioactive drug – radioactive iodine – radioactive palladium – radioactive seed – radiofrequency ablation – radiographer – radioimmunoguided surgery – radioimmunotherapy – radioisotope – radiolabeled – radiologic exam – radionuclide scanning – radiopharmaceutical – radiosensitization – radiosensitizer – radiosurgery – radiotherapy – raloxifene – raltitrexed – randomized clinical trial – ranpirnase – rapamycin – rapid hormone cycling – rapid-onset opioid – ras gene – rasburicase – rattlesnake root – ravuconazole – rebeccamycin – recombinant tissue plasminogen activator – reconstructive surgeon – reconstructive surgery – recurrent cancer – Red blood cell – Reed–Sternberg cell – reflux – refractory cancer – regional cancer – regional chemotherapy – regional enteritis – regional lymph node – regional lymph node dissection – rehabilitation specialist – relative survival rate – relaxation technique – remission induction therapy – remote brachytherapy – renal cell cancer – renal collecting tubule – renal glomerulus – renal tubular acidosis – retinoblastoma – retinoid – retinol – retinyl palmitate – retroperitoneal – retropubic prostatectomy – retrospective cohort study – retrospective study – retroviral vector – retrovirus – RevM10 gene – rhabdoid tumor – rhabdomyosarcoma – rhizoxin – ribavirin – ribonucleotide reductase inhibitor – rifampin – risedronate – ritonavir – rituximab
– S-phase fraction – safingol – salpingo-oophorectomy – salvage therapy – samarium 153 – saponin – saquinavir mesylate – sarCNU – sarcoma – sarcosinamide nitrosourea – sargramostim – satraplatin
– sham therapy – shave biopsy – Sho-saiko-to – sialic acid – sialyl Tn-KLH – side-to-end coloanal anastomosis – sideropenic dysphagia – sigmoidoscope – sigmoidoscopy – signal transduction inhibitor – signet ring cell carcinoma
– theophylline – thermal ablation – thermography – thiotepa – third-line therapy – thoracentesis – thoracoscopy – thoracotomy – thrombocyte – thrombocytopenia – thrombohemorrhagic event – thrombophlebitis – thrombopoietin – thymidine – thymidylate synthase inhibitor – thymoma – Thyrogen – thyroglobulin – thyroid follicular cell – thyroid hormone – thyroid-stimulating hormone – thyroidectomy – thyrotropin alfa – tiazofurin – time to progression – tin ethyl etiopurpurin – tin Sn 117m DTPA – tinidazole – tioguanine – tipifarnib – tirapazamine – tissue plasminogen activator
– VEGF Trap – venlafaxine – video-assisted resection – video-assisted surgery – villous adenoma – villus – vinblastine – vinca alkaloid – vincristine – vindesine – vinorelbine – viral vector – virotherapy – virtual colonoscopy – Virulizin – virus replication cycle – virus-neutralizing antibody – viscotoxins – visilizumab – visual pathway glioma