Cancer Dictionary Letter P

Cancer Dictionary For Letter P

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• P-32
• p-value
• p53 gene
• Pacific valerian
• pack year
• paclitaxel
• Paget's disease of bone
• Paget's disease of the nipple
• pain threshold
• PALA
• palate (PAL-et)
• palatine uvula
• palliative care (PAL-ee-yuh-tiv)
• palliative therapy (PAL-ee-yuh-tiv)
• palmar-plantar erythodysthesia
• palpable disease
• palpation
• pamidronate
• panacea
• Pancoast tumor
• pancreas
• pancreatectomy (pan-kree-a-TEK-toe-mee)
• pancreatic
• pancreatic cancer
• pancreatic duct
• pancreatic enzyme
• pancreatic juice
• pancreatitis
• PAP
• Pap smear
• Pap test
• papillary serous carcinoma
• papillary thyroid cancer (PA-pih-LAYR-ee THY-royd KAN-ser)
• papillary tumor (PAP-ih-lar-ee TOO-mer)
• papilledema (pap-il-eh-DEE-ma)
• paracentesis (PAYR-uh-sen-TEE-siss)
• paraganglia (PA-ruh-GAN-glee-uh)
• paraganglioma (PA-ruh-gan-glee-OE-ma)
• parageusia
• paralysis (pa-RAL-ih-sis)
• paramyxovirus
• paraneoplastic syndrome (pair-a-nee-o-PLAS-tik)
• parasite
• parasitic (PAYR-uh-SIH-tik)
• parathormone (PA-ruh-THORE-mone)
• parathyrin (PA-ruh-THY-rin)
• parathyroid gland (PA-ruh-THY-royd)
• parathyroid hormone (PA-ruh-THY-royd HORE-mone)
• parenchyma (pah-REN-kih-ma)
• parenteral nutrition
• paresthesias
• paricalcitol (par-i-KAL-si-tol)
• parietal pericardium
• Parkinson's disease
• parotidectomy
• paroxetine hydrochloride
• partial cystectomy (sis-TEK-to-mee)
• partial hysterectomy (hiss-ter-EK-toe-mee)
• partial laryngectomy (PAR-shul lair-in-JEK-tuh-mee)
• partial mastectomy (mas-TEK-toe-mee)
• partial nephrectomy (neh-FREK-tuh-mee)
• partial oophorectomy (o-o-for-EK-toe-mee)
• partial remission
• partial response
• passive antibody therapy
• Paterson-Kelly syndrome
• pathologic fracture
• pathological staging
• pathologist (pa-THOL-o-jist)
• pathology report
• patient advocate
• patient-controlled analgesia
• PCA
• PCR
• PDQ
• peau d'orange
• pediatric (pee-dee-AT-rik)
• pediatric hematologist
• pediatric nurse specialist
• pediatric surgeon
• pedigree
• PEG-interferon alfa-2a
• PEG-interferon alfa-2b
• PEG-MGDF
• pegaspargase
• pegfilgrastim
• PEITC
• peldesine
• pelvic
• pelvic exam
• pelvic exenteration
• pelvic lymphadenectomy (lim-FAD-eh-NEK-tah-me)
• pelvic wall
• pelvis
• pemetrexed disodium
• penclomedine
• penicillamine
• penicillin
• penile implant
• penis
• pentetic acid calcium
• pentosan polysulfate
• pentostatin
• pentoxifylline
• peptide
• peptide 946
• percutaneous ethanol injection (per-kyoo-TAY-nee-us)
• percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage
• percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage
• percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (per-kyoo-TAY-nee-us trans-heh-PAT-ik ko-LAN-jee-AH-gra-fee)
• performance status
• perfusion
• perfusion magnetic resonance imaging
• pericardial effusion
• perifosine
• perillyl alcohol
• perimenopausal
• perineal colostomy
• perineal prostatectomy (peh-rih-NEE-al pros-ta-TEK-toe-mee)
• perineum
• perineural (pear-ih-NOOR-al)
• perioperative (PER-ee-AH-pruh-tiv)
• peripheral blood
• peripheral blood lymphocyte therapy
• peripheral blood smear
• peripheral neuropathy
• peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor (...NOO-ro-ek-toe-DER-mul...)
• peripheral stem cell
• peripheral stem cell support (per-IF-er-al)
• peripheral stem cell transplantation (per-IF-er-al)
• peripheral T-cell lymphoma
• peristalsis (pair-ih-STAL-sis)
• peritoneal
• peritoneal cancer
• peritoneal cavity
• peritoneal infusion
• peritoneal perfusion
• peritoneum (PAIR-ih-toe-NEE-um)
• peritonitis
• pernicious anemia (per-NISH-us a-NEE-mee-a)
• perturbation
• pertuzumab (per-TOO-zoo-mab)
• pesticide (PES-tih-side)
• PET scan
• petechiae (peh-TEH-kee-a)
• Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
• phagocyte
• phantom limb pain
• pharmacokinetics
• pharmacopoeia
• pharynx (FAIR-inks)
• phase I detoxification
• phase I trial
• phase I/II trial
• phase II detoxification
• phase II trial
• phase II/III trial
• phase III trial
• phase IV trial
• phenethyl isothiocyanate
• phenobarbital
• phenoxodiol
• phenylacetate
• phenylbutyrate
• pheochromocytoma
• pheresis (fer-E-sis)
• Philadelphia chromosome
• phlebotomy
• phospholipid
• phospholipid complex
• phosphorous (FOS-for-us)
• phosphorus (FOS-for-us)
• phosphorus-32
• photoactivity
• photodynamic therapy (foe-toe-dye-NAM-ik)
• photofrin
• photopheresis (FOH-toh-fuh-REE-siss)
• photophobia (FOH-toh-FOH-bee-uh)
• photosensitizer
• phyllodes tumor
• physical examination
• physical therapist
• physical therapy
• physician
• Physician Data Query
• physiologic
• phytic acid
• phytochemical (FY-toh-KEH-mih-kuhl)
• phytoestrogen
• phytosterol
• PI-88
• pigment
• pilocarpine
• pilocytic (PI-lo-SIT-ik)
• pilot study
• PIN
• pineal body
• pineal gland (PIN-ee-al)
• pineal organ
• pineal region tumor (PIN-ee-al...)
• pineoblastoma (PIN-ee-o-blas-TOE-ma)
• pineocytoma (PIN-ee-o-sye-TOE-ma)
• pinkeye
• piperacillin-tazobactam
• pirfenidone
• piritrexim
• pituitary gland (pih-TOO-ih-tair-ee)
• pixantrone
• PJS
• PKC
• PKC412
• placebo
• placebo-controlled
• placenta
• placental blood transplantation
• plant sterol
• plasma (PLAS-ma)
• plasma cell
• plasma cell myeloma
• plasma cell tumor
• plasma membrane
• plasmacytic
• plasmacytoma (PLAZ-ma-sye-TOE-ma)
• plasmapheresis (plas-ma-fer-EE-sis)
• plastic surgeon
• plastic surgery
• platelet (PLATE-let)
• platinum
• Plenaxis
• pleomorphic
• pleura (PLOOR-a)
• pleural cavity
• pleural effusion
• pleurodesis (PLOO-ro-DEE-sis)
• plexiform neurofibroma
• plexopathy (pleks-AH-pah-thee)
• PLL
• ploidy (PLOY-dee)
• Plummer-Vinson syndrome
• pluripotent
• pluripotent stem cell
• pM-81 monoclonal antibody
• PNET
• pneumatic larynx (noo-MAT-ik LAIR-inks)
• pneumonectomy (noo-mo-NEK-toe-mee)
• pneumonia (noo-MONE-ya)
• PNU 166148
• PNU-93914
• polifeprosan 20 carmustine implant
• poly-ICLC
• polyglutamate camptothecin
• polyglutamate paclitaxel
• polymerase chain reaction
• polymorphism
• polyneuritis
• polyp (POL-ip)
• polypectomy (POL-i-PEK-tuh-mee)
• polyphenol
• Polyphenon® E
• polyposis
• polysaccharide
• pomegranate
• pons
• pontine
• porfimer sodium
• porfiromycin
• port
• port-a-cath
• portal vein
• positive axillary lymph node
• positive test result
• positron emission tomography scan
• postmenopausal
• postmortem
• postoperative
• postprandial
• postremission therapy
• potassium (po-TASS-ee-um)
• potassium hydroxide
• potentiation
• PR+
• PR-
• precancerous (pre-KAN-ser-us)
• precancerous dermatitis
• precancerous dermatosis
• precancerous polyps
• preclinical study
• predictive factor (pre-DIK-tiv)
• prednisolone
• prednisone
• preleukemia (PREE-loo-KEE-mee-a)
• premalignant
• premenopausal
• prescription
• pretracheal space
• prevascular space
• preventive
• preventive mastectomy (pree-VEN-tiv ma-STEK-tuh-mee)
• primary care doctor
• primary central nervous system lymphoma
• primary endpoint
• primary myelofibrosis
• primary tumor
• primitive neuroectodermal tumor
• prinomastat
• pro-oxidant
• probenecid
• procarbazine
• prochlorperazine (pro-klor-PAIR-a-zeen)
• proctoscopy (prok-TOS -ko-pee)
• proctosigmoidoscopy (PRAHK-toh-sig-moy-DAHS-kuh-pee)
• progeny
• progesterone (pro-JES-ter-own)
• progesterone receptor negative
• progesterone receptor positive
• progesterone receptor test
• progestin (pro-JES-tin)
• prognosis (prog-NO-sis)
• prognostic factor (prog-NOS-tik)
• programmed cell death
• progression
• progression-free survival
• progressive disease
• proliferating
• proliferative index
• prolymphocytic leukemia
• promegapoietin
• promyelocytic leukemia
• prophylactic
• prophylactic cranial irradiation (pro-fih-LAK-tik KRAY-nee-ul ir-ray-dee-AY-shun)
• prophylactic mastectomy (PROH-fuh-LAK-tik ma-STEK-tuh-mee)
• prophylactic oophorectomy (pro-fi-LAK-tik o-o-for-EK-toe-mee)
• prophylactic surgery
• prophylaxis
• prospective
• prospective cohort study
• Prost 30 monoclonal antibody
• prostate (PRAHS-tayt)
• prostate-specific antigen
• prostate-specific antigen test
• prostatectomy (pros-ta-TEK-toe-mee)
• prostatic acid phosphatase (FOS-fa-tays)
• prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (prah-STA-tik IN-trah-eh-puh-THEE-lee-ul NEE-uh-PLAY-zhuh)
• prostatitis (PROS-tah-TITE-is)
• prosthesis (pros-THEE-sis)
• prosthodontist (pros-tho-DON-tist)
• protease inhibitor
• proteasome inhibitor
• protein (PRO-teen)
• protein kinase C (PROH-teen KY-nayz)
• proteoglycan
• proteomic profile
• proteomics
• protocol
• proton
• proton beam radiation therapy (…ray-dee-AY-shun…)
• proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
• protozoal
• proximal
• PS-341
• PSA
• psammoma body (sam-O-ma)
• PSC 833
• pseudomyxoma peritonei (SOO-doe-mix-O-ma PAIR-ih-TOE-nee-I)
• psoralen
• psoriasis
• psychologist
• PTC
• PTCD
• PTH
• PTK787/ZK 222584
• ptosis
• pulmonary
• pulmonary sulcus tumor (PUL-muh-NAYR-ee SUL-kuss TOO-mer)
• pump
• punch biopsy (punch BY-op-see)
• purple clover
• PV701
• pyrazine diazohydroxide
• pyrazoloacridine
• pyroxamide