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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
An injection of ethanol (alcohol) through the skin directly into a tumor to kill cancer cells. Ultrasound or a CT scan is used to guide the needle into the tumor. Also called alcohol ablation, PEI, and percutaneous ethanol injection.
Industry:Health care
Surgery for breast cancer in which the breast, most or all of the lymph nodes under the arm, and the lining over the chest muscles are removed. Sometimes the surgeon also removes part of the chest wall muscles.
Industry:Health care
An abnormal touch sensation, such as burning or prickling, that occurs without an outside stimulus.
Industry:Health care
High blood pressure in the vein that carries blood to the liver from the stomach, small and large intestines, spleen, pancreas, and gallbladder. It is usually caused by a block in the blood flow through the liver due to cirrhosis (scarring) of the liver.
Industry:Health care
A feeling of great happiness or well-being. Euphoria may be a side effect of certain drugs.
Industry:Health care
The parts of the body that play a role in reproduction, getting rid of waste products in the form of urine, or both.
Industry:Health care
A type of treatment in which body tissue is exposed to high temperatures to damage and kill cancer cells or to make cancer cells more sensitive to the effects of radiation and certain anticancer drugs.
Industry:Health care
