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A drug that may improve the response of cancer cells to chemotherapy.
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Another name for small cell lung cancer. The name "oat cell" comes from the fact that the cells look like oats. See also extensive SCLC and limited SCLC.
- Browse Related Terms: adenocarcinoma, arsenic, cancer registry, EGFR inhibitors, extensive stage SCLC, large cell cancer, limited stage SCLC, oat cell, small cell lung cancer, squamous cell carcinoma
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(oh-BAT-oh-klax MEH-zih-layt) A substance being studied in the treatment of several types of cancer. It is a form of obatoclax, which blocks the activity of certain proteins needed for cells to live and may cause tumor cells to die. It is a type of apoptosis inducer.
- Browse Related Terms: 852A, ABT-263, BI 2536, ispinesib, MK0752, Nipent, obatoclax mesylate, pentostatin, PT-100, RTA 744, SB-715992, SNX-5422, SNX-5422 mesylate, talabostat, talabostat mesylate, topoisomerase II inhibitor RTA 744, topoisomerase inhibitor
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(oh-BEE-sih-tee) A condition marked by an abnormally high, unhealthy amount of body fat.
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Excessively fat or overweight.
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An improvement that can be measured by the health care provider (for example, when a tumor shrinks or there are fewer cancer cells in the blood).
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(ub-JEK-tiv reh-SPONTS) A measurable response.
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(oh-blih-MER-sen) A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer. It may kill cancer cells by blocking the production of a protein that makes cancer cells live longer and by making them more sensitive to anticancer drugs. It is a type of antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotide. Also called augmerosen, bcl-2 antisense oligodeoxynucleotide G3139, and Genasense.
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(OB-ser-VAY-shun) Closely monitoring a patient's condition but withholding treatment until symptoms appear or change. Also called active surveillance, expectant management, and watchful waiting.
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A type of study in which individuals are observed or certain outcomes are measured. No attempt is made to affect the outcome (for example, no treatment is given).
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(ob-SEH-siv kum-PUL-siv dis-OR-der) An anxiety disorder in which a person has intrusive ideas, thoughts, or images that occur repeatedly, and in which he or she feels driven to perform certain behaviors over and over again. For example, a person may worry all the time about germs and so will wash his or her hands over and over again. Having an obsessive-compulsive disorder may cause a person to have trouble carrying out daily activities.
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Blockage of a passageway.
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(ob-tun-DAY-shun) A dulled or reduced level of alertness or consciousness.
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(uh-KULT PRY-mayr-ee TOO-mer) Cancer in which the site of the primary (original) tumor cannot be found. Most metastases from occult primary tumors are found in the head and neck.
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(uh-KULT ... KAN-ser) Cancer cells are found in sputum (mucus coughed up from the lungs), but no tumor can be found in the lung by imaging or bronchoscopy, or the primary tumor is too small to be assessed.
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A health professional trained to help people who are ill or disabled learn to manage their daily activities.
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A drug similar to the naturally occurring growth hormone inhibitor somatostatin. Octreotide is used to treat diarrhea and flushing associated with certain types of tumors.
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A type of radionuclide scan used to find carcinoid and other types of tumors. Radioactive octreotide, a drug similar to somatostatin, is injected into a vein and travels through the bloodstream. The radioactive octreotide attaches to tumor cells that have receptors for somatostatin. A radiation-measuring device detects the radioactive octreotide, and makes pictures showing where the tumor cells are in the body. Also called somatostatin receptor scintigraphy and SRS.
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(AH-kyoo-ler MEH-luh-NOH-muh) A rare cancer of melanocytes (cells that produce the pigment melanin) found in the eye. Also called intraocular melanoma.
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(⦠RAY-shee-oh) A measure of the odds of an event happening in one group compared to the odds of the same event happening in another group. In cancer research, odds ratios are most often used in case-control (backward looking) studies to find out if being exposed to a certain substance or other factor increases the risk of cancer. For example, researchers may study a group of individuals with cancer (cases) and another group without cancer (controls) to see how many people in each group were exposed to a certain substance or factor. They calculate the odds of exposure in both groups and then compare the odds. An odds ratio of one means that both groups had the same odds of exposure and, therefore, the exposure probably does not increase the risk of cancer. An odds ratio of greater than one means that the exposure may increase the risk of cancer, and an odds ratio of less than one means that the exposure may reduce the risk of cancer. Also called relative odds.
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