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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A skin condition that is a common side effect of radiation therapy. The affected skin becomes painful, red, itchy, and blistered.
Industry:Health care
A substance that blocks topoisomerases (enzymes that break and rejoin DNA strands and are needed for cells to divide and grow). Blocking these enzymes may kill cancer cells. Certain topoisomerase inhibitors are being studied in the treatment of cancer.
Industry:Health care
A vaccine made from a patient’s tumor cells that may help the body’s immune system kill cancer cells. This vaccine is used to treat kidney cancer, a type of brain cancer called glioma, and metastatic melanoma (a type of skin cancer that has spread). It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Also called gp96 heat shock protein-peptide complex vaccine, gp96 HSP-peptide complex, and Oncophage.
Industry:Health care
A group of individuals who share a common trait, such as birth year. In medicine, a cohort is a group that is part of a clinical trial or study and is observed over a period of time.
Industry:Health care
An object that has a specific use. In medicine, wheelchairs, pumps, and artificial limbs are examples of devices.
Industry:Health care
A substance being studied in the treatment of certain types of cancer, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma, breast, colon, lung, ovarian, and prostate. Enzastaurin blocks certain cell signaling pathways, and may prevent the growth of new blood vessels that tumors need to grow. It is a type of serine threonine kinase inhibitor and a type of antiangiogenesis agent. Also called enzastaurin hydrochloride and LY317615.
Industry:Health care
An antineoplastic antibiotic drug that belongs to the family of drugs called ansamycins.
Industry:Health care
