Mesothelioma Glossary

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Abdominal mesothelioma

Acupuncture

Acute Pain

Adenocarcinoma

Adjuvant Therapy

Airborne Asbestos

Alopecia

Alternative Medicine

Alveoli

Amosite

Anemia

Anesthetic

Angiogenesis

Angiogenesis Inhibitor

Antiangiogenesis

Anxiety

Asbestos

Asbestosis

Ascites

Aspiration

Benign

Biologic therapy

Biopsy

Brachytherapy

Breakthrough pain

Bronchi

Bronchoscopy

Cancer

Carcinogen

CAT scan

Chemotherapy

Chronic Pain

Cisplatin

Clinical Trials

Combination Chemotherapy

CT Scan

Decortication

Depression

Diagnosis

Diaphragm

Do Not Resuscitate Order

Double-Blind

Dyspnea

Effusion (Medical Fluids)

EPA

Epidemiology

Epithelial Cells

Esophagus

Etiology

Fatigue

Food and Drug Administration

Gene Therapy

Hospice

Hypnosis

Hypnotherapist

Immune Function

Immunoaugmentive Therapy

Immunotherapy

Interferon

Laparascope

Larynx

Living Will

Lymph Nodes

Macrophages

Malignant

Markers

Massage

Mediastinoscopy

Medication

Mesothelioma

Mesothelium

Metastasis

MRI

Multimodality therapy

Nausea

Oncologist

Hair loss

Oncology - Nursing Specialist

Opiates

Opioids

Paracentesis

Pathologist

Pericardial Mesothelioma

Pericardium

Peritoneal Mesothelioma

Peritoneum

Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs)

PET (Positron Emission Tomography) Scan

Photodynamic Therapy

Pleura

Prognosis

Radiation Therapy

Radiologist

Radionuclide Scan

Recurrence (Cancer)

Remission

Respirator

Serpentine Asbestos

Side Effects

Staging

Stress

Surgery

Symptom

Systemic Therapy

TENS Therapy

Thoracentesis

Thoracoscopy

Trachea

Thoracotomy

Tumor

Vomiting

X-ray

Weight loss

Homeopathy

Herbs