| UE | uncertain etiology; under elbow; uninvolved epidermis; upper esophagus; upper extremity |
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| PBN | paralytic brachial neuritis; peripheral benign neoplasm; polymyxin B sulfate, bacitracin, and neomyc... |
| TORCH | toxoplasmosis, other [congenital syphilis and viruses], rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex... |
| CBN | cannabinol; central benign neoplasm; Commission on Biological Nomenclature |
| FMN | first malignant neoplasm; flavin mononucleotide; frontomaxillonasal [suture] |
D factor
| immunologically privileged sites | Sites where allografts are not readily rejected, probably because these particular areas have poor lymphatic drainage. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| antibodies, neoplasm | Immunoglobulins induced by antigens specific for tumours other than the normally occurring histocompatibility antigens. (12 Dec 1998) |
| antigens, neoplasm | Proteins, glycoprotein, or lipoprotein moieties on surfaces of tumour cells that are usually identified by monoclonal antibodies. Many of these are of either embryonic or viral origin. (12 Dec 1998) |
| brain neoplasm | Neoplasms of the part of the central nervous system contained within the cranium. (12 Dec 1998) |
| genes, structural, neoplasm | DNA sequences that code for RNA and for the proteins required for the enzymatic and structural function of neoplastic cells. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mucinous cystic neoplasm of pancreas | <radiology> = macrocystic adenoma of pancreas, cystadenoma / cystadenocarcinoma, M:F = 1:9, 40-60 years of age, malignant or pre-malignant, large mass (mean 12 cm), multilocular cysts, thick septations, tail / body in 85% (unlike adenocarcinoma and microcystic adenoma), hypo-/avascular, Differential diagnosis: panc pseudocyst, ** Cf: microcystic adenoma (12 Dec 1998) |
| histoid neoplasm | Old term for a neoplasm characterised by a cytohistologic pattern that closely resembles the tissue from which the neoplastic cells are derived. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neoplasm | <oncology, pathology> New and abnormal growth of tissue, which may be benign or cancerous. (16 Dec 1997) |
| neoplasm circulating cells | Exfoliate neoplastic cells circulating in the blood and associated with metastasizing tumours. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neoplasm: gallium imaging | <radiology> Useful: Hodgkin disease and histiocytic form of NHL poor sensitivity below the diaphragm, Burkitt lymphoma: almost 100% sensitivity, hepatoma: 90% sensitivity, melanoma: 90% sensitivity, leukaemia possibly useful: NHL: good for large and mediastinal lesions, nodal metastases from seminoma and embryonal cell carcinoma: 87% sensitivity, non-small cell lung CA: 85% sensitive not useful: head and neck, GI (especially adenocarcinoma), breast, gynaecological, kiddie tumours see: gallium: indications (12 Dec 1998) |
| neoplasm invasiveness | Ability of neoplasms to infiltrate and actively destroy surrounding tissue. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neoplasm metastasis | The transfer of a neoplasm from one organ or part of the body to another remote from the primary site. The ability to metastasize is characteristic of all malignant neoplasms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neoplasm recurrence, local | The local recurrence of a neoplasm following treatment. It arises from microscopic cells of the original neoplasm that have escaped therapeutic intervention and later become clinically visible at the original site. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neoplasm regression, spontaneous | Disappearance of a neoplasm or neoplastic state without the intervention of therapy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neoplasm, residual | Remnant of a tumour or cancer after primary, potentially curative therapy. (dr. Daniel masys, written communication) (12 Dec 1998) |