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- exatecan mesylate
- A semisynthetic, water-soluble derivative of camptothecin with antineoplastic activity. Exatecan... (continued)
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- excision
- Removal by surgery.
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- excisional biopsy
- A surgical procedure in which an entire lump or suspicious... (continued)
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- excisional skin surgery
- A surgical procedure used to remove moles, cysts, skin cancer,... (continued)
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- excrete
- To get rid of waste material from the blood, tissues,... (continued)
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- exemestane
- A synthetic androgen analogue. Exemestane binds irreversibly to and inhibits... (continued)
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- exenteration
- Surgery to remove organs within a body cavity.
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- Exherin
- (Other name for: ADH-1)
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- exisulind
- An inactive metabolite of the nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory agent sulindac. After... (continued)
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- Exjade
- (Other name for: deferasirox)
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- exocrine cancer
- A disease in which malignant (cancer) cells are found in... (continued)
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- exocrine pancreas cell
- A pancreatic cell that produces enzymes that are secreted into... (continued)
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- expanded access trial
- A way to provide an investigational therapy to a patient... (continued)
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- expectant management
- Closely watching a patient
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- experimental
- In clinical trials, refers to a drug (including a new... (continued)
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- experimental drug
- A substance that has been tested in a laboratory and... (continued)
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- exploratory surgery
- Surgery to look inside the body to help make a... (continued)
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- extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
- Cancer has spread outside of the lung in which it... (continued)
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- extent of disease
- Refers to the stage of the disease and details the... (continued)
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- external-beam radiation therapy
- A type of radiation therapy that uses a machine to... (continued)
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- external radiation therapy
- A type of radiation therapy that uses a machine to... (continued)
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- extracorporeal photopheresis
- A procedure in which blood is removed from the body... (continued)
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- extracranial
- Outside of the cranium (bones that surround the brain).
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- extracranial germ cell tumor
- A rare cancer that forms in germ cells in the... (continued)
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- extract
- In medicine, a preparation of a substance obtained from plants,... (continued)