User:The Anome/Cancer dictionary test

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Vapreotide
Vapreotide is a substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called somatostatin analogs.

Varenicline tartrate
Varenicline tartrate is a drug used to help people stop smoking by acting the same way nicotine acts in the brain. It is a type of nicotine receptor partial agonist. Also called Chantix.

Vascular endothelial growth factor-antisense oligonucleotide
Vascular endothelial growth factor-antisense oligonucleotide is a substance being studied in the treatment of Kaposi sarcoma. It is a type of antisense oligonucleotide. Also called VEGF-AS.

Vatalanib
Vatalanib is a substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the families of drugs called protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors and VEGF receptor kinase inhibitors. Also called PTK787/ZK 222584.

VB4-845
VB4-845 is a substance being studied in the treatment of certain types of head and neck cancer. VB4-845 is made by linking a monoclonal antibody fragment to a toxic protein that may kill cancer cells. It binds to EpCAM (a protein on the surface of epithelial cells and some types of cancer cells). Also called anti-EpCAM-Pseudomonas-exotoxin fusion protein and Proxinium.

VEGF Trap
VEGF Trap is a substance that blocks the action of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and prevents the growth of new blood vessels into a tumor. It belongs to the family of drugs called angiogenesis inhibitors.

VEGF-AS
VEGF-AS is a substance being studied in the treatment of Kaposi sarcoma. It is a type of antisense oligonucleotide. Also called vascular endothelial growth factor-antisense oligonucleotide.

Velafermin
Velafermin is a substance that is being studied in the prevention and treatment of oral mucositis (sores in the mouth) in patients receiving high-dose chemotherapy. Velafermin belongs to the family of drugs called recombinant human fibroblast growth factors (rhFGF).

Venous sampling
Venous sampling is a procedure in which a sample of blood is taken from a certain vein and checked for specific substances released by nearby organs and tissues. A higher than normal amount of a substance can be a sign of disease in the organ or tissue that makes it.

Villous adenoma
Villous adenoma is a type of polyp that grows in the colon and other places in the gastrointestinal tract and sometimes in other parts of the body. These adenomas may become malignant (cancerous).

Vinflunine
Vinflunine is a substance being studied in the treatment of bladder cancer, lung cancer, and other types of cancer. Also called Javlor.

Virulizin
Virulizin is a substance that activates some types of immune system cells, and is being studied as a treatment for cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called biological therapy agents.

Viscotoxin
Viscotoxin is a member of a group of small proteins produced by mistletoe plants that are able to kill cells and may stimulate the immune system.

Visual pathway glioma
Visual pathway glioma is a rare, slow-growing tumor of the eye.

Vitamin A acid
Vitamin A acid is a form of vitamin A that is made by the body, and can also be made in the laboratory. It is used to treat acute promyelocytic leukemia, usually together with other drugs, and to treat acne. It is being studied in the treatment and prevention of other types of cancer. Also called all-trans retinoic acid, ATRA, retinoic acid, and tretinoin.

VNP20009
VNP20009 is a genetically modified Salmonella bacterium that is injected into the tumor. It is being studied for its ability to shrink solid tumors.

VNP40101M
VNP40101M is a substance that is being studied as a treatment for cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called alkylating agents.

VX 853
VX 853 is a drug being studied to make cancer cells less resistant to the effects of chemotherapy.

VX-710
VX-710 is a drug being studied to make cancer cells less resistant to the effects of chemotherapy.

Wedge resection
Wedge resection is a surgical procedure to remove a triangle-shaped slice of tissue. It may be used to remove a tumor and a small amount of normal tissue around it.

WGA study
WGA study is a study that compares the complete DNA of people with a disease or condition to the DNA of people without the disease or condition. These studies find the genes involved in a disease, and may help prevent, diagnose, and treat the disease. Also called whole genome association study.

Whole genome association study
Whole genome association study is a study that compares the complete DNA of people with a disease or condition to the DNA of people without the disease or condition. These studies find the genes involved in a disease, and may help prevent, diagnose, and treat the disease. Also called WGA study.

Wilms tumor-aniridia-genitourinary anomalies-mental retardation syndrome
Wilms tumor-aniridia-genitourinary anomalies-mental retardation syndrome is a rare, genetic disorder that is present at birth and has two or more of the following symptoms: Wilms tumor (a type of kidney cancer); little or no iris (the colored part of the eye); defects in the sexual organs and urinary tract (the organs that make urine and pass it from the body); and below average mental ability. WAGR syndrome occurs when part of chromosome 11 is missing. Also called WAGR syndrome.

Wobe-Mugos E
Wobe-Mugos E is a mixture made from an extract of the calf thymus gland and enzymes (proteins that speed up chemical reactions in the body) from the papaya plant, the pancreas of cows, and the pancreas of pigs. It has been used in Europe as a treatment for a variety of cancers and for herpes virus infections.

Xerogram
Xerogram is a picture of the body recorded on paper rather than on film. Also called a xeroradiograph.

Xeroradiograph
Xeroradiograph is a picture of the body recorded on paper rather than on film. Also called a xerogram.

Xeroradiography
Xeroradiography is a type of x-ray in which a picture of the body is recorded on paper rather than on film.

XK469R
XK469R is a substance that is being studied in the treatment of leukemia. It belongs to the family of drugs called topoisomerase inhibitors.

XR9576
XR9576 is a substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It may help tumor cells respond again to drugs they have become resistant (unable to respond) to. XR9576 belongs to the families of drugs called multidrug resistance inhibitors and P-glycoprotein antagonists. Also called tariquidar.

XRP9881
XRP9881 is a substance that is being studied in the treatment of breast cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called taxane derivatives.

Xyotax
Xyotax is a form of the anticancer drug paclitaxel combined with a protein called poliglumex that may have fewer side effects and work better than paclitaxel. It is being studied in the treatment of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, lung cancer, and other types of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called mitotic inhibitors. Also called paclitaxel poliglumex, paclitaxel polyglutamate, and CT-2103.

YM598
YM598 is a substance that is being studied as a treatment for advanced prostate cancer and for pain caused by prostate cancer that has spread to the bone. It belongs to the family of drugs called endothelin ETA receptor antagonists.

Yttrium Y 90 DOTA monoclonal antibody HuPAM4
Yttrium Y 90 DOTA monoclonal antibody HuPAM4 is a monoclonal antibody linked to a radioactive substance. It is being studied in the treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer. The monoclonal antibody called HuPAM4 is made in the laboratory and can locate and bind to pancreatic cancer cells. It is linked to a radioactive form of yttrium that can kill cancer cells without harming normal cells. Yttrium Y 90 DOTA monoclonal antibody HuPAM4 is a type of radioimmunoconjugate.

Yttrium Y 90 DOTA-biotin
Yttrium Y 90 DOTA-biotin is a compound that contains the radioisotope yttrium Y 90 linked to the chemical biotin. Biotin is a molecule that binds strongly to the chemical streptavidin. Yttrium Y 90 DOTA-biotin will find tumor cells in the body that have been targeted by an antibody linked to streptavidin and kill them. It is being studied together with CC49-streptavidin in the treatment of cancer. Also called 90Y-DOTA-biotin.

ZD0473
ZD0473 is a substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called platinum analogs.

ZD4054
ZD4054 is a substance that is being studied in the treatment of prostate cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called endothelin-receptor antagonists.