Breast Cancer definitions beginning with I

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(si tom" eh tree') uses computers to analyze digital images of the cells on a microscope slide.
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Browse Related Terms: aneuploid, Chromosome, Diploidy, DNA cytometry, DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid, flow cytometry, ploidy

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(im-myoon') System is the complex group of organs and cells that defends the body against infections and other diseases.
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Browse Related Terms: anesthesia, Disease, Glial cells, hormone, inflammatory, Myelin sheath, pituitary gland, rheumatoid arthritis, Schwann cells, stroma, Tissue

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(ray dee AY' shun) is a procedure in which radioactive material sealed in needles, seeds, wires, or catheters is placed directly into or near a tumor. Also called brachytherapy, internal radiation, or interstitial radiation.
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Browse Related Terms: diagnose, medical oncologist, oncologist, pathologist, radiation, radiation oncologist, radiation therapy, radiologist, Radiotherapeutic ablation

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(in-sizh'un) a cut, or a wound produced by cutting with a sharp instrument; the act of cutting.
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(in-fek'shun) invasion and multiplication of microorganisms in body tissues, which may not be seen clinically or result in local cellular injury.
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(in fla" muh tor' ee) a response in the body characterized by pain, heat, redness, swelling, and possibly loss of function.
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Browse Related Terms: anesthesia, Disease, Glial cells, hormone, Immune, Myelin sheath, pituitary gland, rheumatoid arthritis, Schwann cells, stroma, Tissue

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(in si'too) the natural or normal place; confined to the site of origin without invasion or spread to neighboring tissues.
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Browse Related Terms: Cancer, Invasive, Malignant, metastases, stage

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(in truh duck" tul) having to do with inside the milk duct(s).
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Browse Related Terms: Calcifications or Microcalcifications, Comedocarcinoma, DCIS, Ductal Carcinoma in situ (DCIS), mammogram, Microcalcifications or calcifications

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(in-va'siv) having the ability to enter and spread throughout the tissues of the body; the ability to infiltrate and actively destroy surrounding tissue.
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Browse Related Terms: Cancer, In situ, Malignant, metastases, stage

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