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Mesothelioma Medical Terms
MESOTHELIOMA MEDICAL TERMS
The following list of Mesothelioma medical terms, definitions, and explanations are commonly used in the diagnosis, treatment options and research studies on Mesothelioma and other asbestos-related cancers.
When you are first diagnosed with Mesothelioma you will start hearing many of these new medical terms that are related to your Mesothelioma treatment. Some of these words can sound intimidating and hard to understand. These pages are intended to help give Mesothelioma patients and their families a better understanding and a brief overview of the most common and some uncommon terms related to the condition of Mesothelioma.
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Mesothelioma Medical Terms
A - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
Advanced Cancer
AJCC Staging System
Alcohol and Mesothelioma
Alimta® Plus Cisplatin Clinical Trial
Alimta® (Mesothelioma Drug)
Alimta used in Chemotherapy
Anterior Mediastinal Mass
Anti-Cancer Drugs
Arrhythmia
Asbestos Caused Diseases
Asbestos Esophageal Cancer
Asbestos Lung Cancer
Asbestos-Related Health problems
Asbestos-Related Mesothelioma
Asbestos Scarring of the Lungs
Asbestosis
Ascites (Fluid Collection)
Aspiration
Autopsy
B - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
Benign
Blocking of ERK1 and ERK2
Biomarker
Biopsy
Brachytherapy (Intracavitary Radiation Therapy)
Bronchi
Bronchopleural Fistula
Bronchoscopy
C - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
Cachexia
Cancer
Cancer Center
Cancer Support Groups
Carboplatin Plus Pemetrexed as First-Line Treatment - Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Carcinogen
Carcinogenic
Carcinomas in the Lung and Pleura
Cardiologist
Catheter
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy Combination of Pemetrexed and Cisplatin
Chemoresistance to Anti-Cancer Drugs
Chemotherapeutic Drug Resistance
Chest Pain
Chest Radiography
Chronic Cough
Clinical Staging
Cisplatin (Platinol)
Clinical Trial
Cold-Plasma Coagulation - Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Treatment
Combination Chemotherapy
Complementary Therapies for Mesothelioma
Complete Remission
Complete Response
Computed Tomography (CT Scan)
Chronic Pain
Crocidolite
CT Scan
Curative Treatment
Cytokines
CytologyCytoreductive Surgery
Cytotoxicity of NK Cells
D - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
Dastanib (Anti-Cancer Drug)
DecorticationDetection of Pleural Mesothelioma
Depression
Detect Pleural Mesothelioma Early Stages
Diagnosis
Diaphragm
Doxorubicin (Anti-Cancer Drug)
Dual Drug Therapy
Dyspnea
E - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
Echocardiogram
Echocardiography
Empyema
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Enzyme-Based Treatment
Epidural Catheter
Esophagus
Exhaled Biomarkers for Asbestos-Related Disease
Experimental Mesothelioma Drug Enters Phase 2 Trial
Experimental Mesothelioma Drug - ADI-PEG 20
External Beam RadiationExtrapleural Pneumonectomy
Extrapleural Pneumonectomy
F - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
Fatigue
Federal Drug Administration (FDA)
Fibrosis
First-Line Mesothelioma Treatment
Four-Gene Expression Ratio Test
Front-line Mesothelioma Drug
G - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
Gemcitabine (Gemzar)
Gene Therapy
Genetically-Encoded Protein Calretinin
Genetic Test Offers Earlier Detection of Mesothelioma
Gefitinib
Grim Prognosis
H - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
Health Maintenance Organization / HMO
Heated Chemoperfusion
Hemoptysis
Hemorrhage
Histologic Subtype for Malignant Mesothelioma
Hospice
Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
Hyperthermic
Human Mesothelioma Cells to Doxorubicin
Human Malignant Mesothelioma (MM) Cell Lines
I - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
Icardium
Imaging
Immunohistochemistry (IHC)
Immunostaining
Immunotherapy
Immune Function
Immune Reactions
Industrial Disease
Informed Consent In Clinical Trials
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
Interferon
Interleukin
Intracavitary Chemotherapy
Intracavitary Radiation Therapy
Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
Invasive Cancer
In Vitro Chemotherapeutic Drug Resistance
L - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
Latency Period
Laparoscope
Larynx
Light-Based Radiation Therapy
Linear Accelerator
Lung Cancer
Lung-Sparing Therapies
Lung-Sparing Therapies for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM)
Lymphatic System
Lymphatic Vessels
Lymph Nodes
Lymphocyte
M - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Malignant Mesotheliomas (MM)
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Stage 1
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Stage 2
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Malignant Pericardial Mesothelioma
Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma
Malignant Seeding
Mediastinoscopy
Medication
Mesothelioma Risk Factor
Mesothelioma Prognostic Factors Studied in Long-Term Survivors
Mesothelioma
Mesothelial Linings
Mesothelial Tissues Surrounding the Lungs
Mesothelin - is Expressed in Malignant Mesothelioma
Mesothelin to Treat Mesothelioma
Mesothelium – (Sac Lining the Internal Cavity)
Mesothelioma Blood Test
Mesothelioma Cancerous Tumor
Mesothelioma Case Report
Mesothelioma Cells
Mesothelioma Chemotherapy Study
Mesothelioma Cytoreductive Surgery
Mesothelioma Detection
Mesothelioma Multimodality Therapy
Mesothelioma Palliative Procedures
Mesothelioma Photodynamic Therapy
Mesothelioma Pleural Fluid
Mesothelioma Proton Therapy
Mesothelioma Research
Mesothelioma Staging
Mesothelioma Studies
Mesothelioma Therapy Risks
Mesothelioma Treatment Methods
Mesothelioma - Tumor Grade
Mesothelioma Virus-Based Therapy
Metastasis
Metastasis -Recurrence
Molecularly Targeted Therapy
MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
Multimodal Therapy
Multimodal Treatment
N - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
Nausea
Necrosis
Needle Biopsy
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Neuropathy
NGR-hTNF in Mesothelioma
NGR-hTNF (Orphan Drug)
NF2 and Malignant Mesothelioma
Non-Cancerous Pleural Effusions
Nonepithelioid Malignant Mesothelioma
NSCLC Patients are ALK-Positive
O - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Oncologist
Oncology
Oncology Nursing Specialist
Ovarian Cancer and Asbestos
Onconase Responsive Genes in Human Mesothelioma Cells
OpiatesOrphan Drug
P - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
Palliate Symptoms of Constriction
Palliative Treatment
Papillary Peritoneal Mesothelioma
Paracentesis
Parietal Pleura
Pathological Staging
Pathologist
Pathology Report
Pegylated Arginine Deiminase
Pemetrexed
Pemetrexed in Chemotherapy
Peptide
Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL)
Pericardium (Heart Sac)
Peritoneal Mesothelioma Gene Expression
Pericardial Effusion Congestive Heart Failure
Pericardium
Pericardial Mesothelioma Can Masquerade as Pericarditis
Pericarditis
Peritoneum (Abdominal Cavity)
Peritoneoscopy
Peritoneum
PET Scan – (Positron Emission Tomography)
Phase II Study for Mesothelioma Treatment
Phase II trial of NGR-hTNF in mesothelioma
Phase 2 Clinical Trial of ADI-PEG 20 (Pegylated Arginine Deiminase)
Phase 2 Clinical Trial of the Drug Under the Physical Examination
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
Platelets
Platinum-Based Chemotherapy with Cisplatin
Pleura
Pleural Cavity
Pleura Effusion
Pleural Effusions
Pleural Fluid
Pleurectomy (Decortication)
Pleuroscopy
Pleurodesis
Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
Pneumonectomy
Pneumonitis
Primary Pericardial Mesothelioma
Primary Care Doctor
Prognosis
Prognostic Study
Prognostic Factors for Malignant Mesothelioma
Protein in Malignant Mesothelioma
Protein Detection Testing Successfully Diagnoses Pleural Mesothelioma
Proteomic Assay
Proton Therapy
Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary Function Test
Pulmonary Therapy
Q - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
Quantitative Lung Perfusion Scan
R - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
Radiotherapy
Radiation therapy
Radiologist
Radiology
Radionuclide Scan
Rare Isolated Pancreas Metastasis in Primary Pleural
Rare Variant of Malignant Mesothelioma
Radiation Oncology
Recurrence (Cancer)
Referral
Regional Recurrence
Remission
Respirator
Risk FactorRemediate Asbestos
Rofecoxib
S - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
Second Hand Exposure
Second-Line Mesothelioma Treatment
Second-Line Approach - Mesothelioma Treatment
Serpentine (Chrysotile)
Side Effects
Sirolimus Mesothelioma Treatment
Smoking and Mesothelioma
Stage 1 Mesothelioma
Stage II Mesothelioma
Stage III Mesothelioma
Stage IV Mesothelioma
Staging
Staging
Standard of Care
Standard Therapy
Stress
Supportive Care
Surgical Excision -Treatment for Pericardial Mesothelioma
Surgery
SymptomsSV40 - CSimian Virus 40)
Symptoms of Pericardial Mesothelioma
Symptoms of Peritoneal Mesothelioma
Symptoms of Pleural Mesothelioma
Synergistic Effect of Gefitinib and Rofecoxib in Mesothelioma Cells
T - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
Talc Treatment for Pleural Effusions in Mesothelioma Patients
Tamponade
T–Cells
Terminal Mesothelioma
Thickening of the Pericardium
Thoracentesis in Mesothelioma Patients
Thoracic
Thoracotomy
Thoracoscopy
Traditional Therapies
Trachea
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) Therapy
Treatment with Cisplatin and Sirolimus
Treatment of Malignant Mesothelioma
Tumor
V - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
Visceral Pleura
Video-Assisted Surgery
Vitamin C Induces Cell Death
W - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
Well-Differentiated Papillary Peritoneal Mesothelioma
White Blood Cells
Workup
W - Mesothelioma Medical Terms
X-Ray
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