Breast Cancer definitions beginning with S

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(shwon sels) specialized glial cells that form the myelin sheath that coats many axons (nerve cells that carry messages away from the cell).
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(skleh ro' sis) a hardening, especially of a part that has been inflammed. There is increased formation of connective tissue.
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Browse Related Terms: Adenosis, diagnosis, fracture, metastasis, metastatic, necrosis, osteoporosis, symptom, x-ray

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(sin"-tin-ul' limf nod) the first nodes in the body to come into contact with the cancer cells as they leave the organ where the cancer first started growing.
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Browse Related Terms: Lymph, lymph nodes, Lymph vessels, lymphatic mapping, lymphedema, Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection

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(sin"-tin-ul' limf nod di-seck-shun) or .
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(S'-faze frack'-shun) measures the percentage of cells in a sample that are in the synthesis phase, one of the phases of cell division.
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(STAY'-juh) is the extent of a cancer within the body. If the cancer has spread, the stage describes how far it has spread from the original site to other parts of the body.
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(stel' ate) shaped like a star.
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(ster"ee-oh-tak'tik) characterized by precise positioning in space.
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(stro' mah) the supporting tissue or matrix of an organ; as distinguished from the functional part of the organ.
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(SUR' jun) is a doctor who removes or repairs a part of the body by operating on the patient.
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(simp'tum) any subjective evidence of disease or of a patient's condition, i.e., such evidence as perceived by the patient; a noticeable change in a patient's condition indicative of some bodily or mental state.
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(sis-TEM'-ik THER'-a-pee) is treatment using substances that travel through the bloodstream, reaching and affecting cells all over the body.
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Browse Related Terms: Adjuvant, Atypical, Chemotherapy, clinical, localized, Neoadjuvant

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