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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
The area in the front part of the chest between the lungs. Also called prevascular space.
Industry:Health care
The organs and ducts that make and store bile (a fluid made by the liver that helps digest fat), and release it into the small intestine. The biliary system includes the gallbladder and bile ducts inside and outside the liver. Also called biliary tract.
Industry:Health care
The organs and ducts that make and store bile (a fluid made by the liver that helps digest fat), and release it into the small intestine. The biliary tract includes the gallbladder and bile ducts inside and outside the liver. Also called biliary system.
Industry:Health care
Cancer that has spread from the original (primary) tumor to the bone.
Industry:Health care
A rare cancer that forms in the outer layer of tissue of the adrenal gland (a small organ on top of each kidney that makes steroid hormones, adrenaline, and noradrenaline to control heart rate, blood pressure, and other body functions). Also called adrenocortical cancer and cancer of the adrenal cortex.
Industry:Health care
A hormone made in the pituitary gland. Adrenocorticotropic hormone acts on the outer part of the adrenal gland to control its release of corticosteroid hormones. More adrenocorticotropic hormone is made during times of stress. Also called ACTH and corticotropin.
Industry:Health care
Malignant mesothelioma (cancer that forms in the lining of the chest or abdomen) that is stage II, stage III, or stage IV.
Industry:Health care
The blocking of an artery by a clot of foreign material. This can be done as treatment to block the flow of blood to a tumor.
Industry:Health care
