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case with traditional staging, criteria vary some- what among the different types of cancer. GENERAL CANCER STAGING: TNM METHOD ...

have become more precise. As well, pathology analysis of the tumor has become more efficient and accurate. The surgeon sends sam ...

T tumor markers Molecules, often proteins, can- cer cells and some other cells produce. Tumor molecules appear in the BLOODor in ...

396 Cancer Tumor Marker Corresponding Cancer Reliability CA-72-4 OVARIAN CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; PANCREATIC unreliable for diagn ...

See also CANCER PREVENTION; DIAGNOSING CANCER; ONCOGENES; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENES. tumor suppressor genes Genes that stop cell gr ...

398 Cancer ...

399 MEDICAL ADVISORY REVIEW PANEL Kyra J. Becker, M.D., is codirector of the Uni- versity of Washington Stroke Center in Seattle ...

400 Medical Advisory Review Panel University of Michigan. Dr. McClain has coau- thored or edited 14 books and frequently conduct ...

Medical Advisory Review Panel 401 Medical Center and University of Washington Medical Center. Dr. Reed is also an affiliate inve ...

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Page numbers in boldindicate major treatment of a topic. Page numbers with an italic tindicate tables. A abdominal pain 324, 330 ...

myelofibrosis 160 sickle cell disease 165 thalassemia 169 aneurysm 10–11, 21 angina pectoris 11–12 CAD 44 coronary arteries 41 E ...

NK cell 286 oncogenes 384 arachidonic acid 279, 290 ARBs. Seeangiotensin II receptor blockers ARDS. Seeacute respiratory distres ...

omega fatty acids and cardiovascular health 90 platelet aggregation 163 PVD 96 TIA 111 atopic rhinits. Seeallergic rhinitis atop ...

septicemia 353 thalassemia 169 thrombocytopenia 171 triglyceride blood level 112 tumor markers 395 vitamin K 173 blood and lymph ...

angioedema 245 apnea 183 auscultation 191 Cheyne-Stokes respiration 199 COPD 200 cystic fibrosis and the lungs 201 diaphragm 202 ...

atherosclerosis 22 heart transplantation 63 IABP counterpulsation 70 medications to treat cardiovascular disease 79 minimally in ...

immunodeficiency 274 tumor markers 395 chest pain 35, 35 t, 95 chest percussion and postural drainage 190, 195, 199, 202 Cheyne- ...

coronary arteries 41 diet and cardiovascular health 50 heart attack 58 heart failure 58 heart transplantation 63 heredity and he ...

diabetes and cardiovascular disease 6, 19, 48–49 diagnosing cancer 232, 378, 391–392, 395–397 diaphragm 96, 202–203,204, 212 dia ...