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  2. Polyhydramnios - Wikipedia

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    Polyhydramnios is a medical condition describing an excess of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac.It is seen in about 1% of pregnancies. [1] [2] [3] It is typically diagnosed when the amniotic fluid index (AFI) is greater than 24 cm. [4] [5] There are two clinical varieties of polyhydramnios: chronic polyhydramnios where excess amniotic fluid accumulates gradually, and acute polyhydramnios ...

  3. TNM staging system - Wikipedia

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    Aid medical staff in staging the tumor helping to plan the treatment. Give an indication of prognosis. Assist in the evaluation of the results of treatment. Enable facilities around the world to collate information more productively. Since the number of combinations of categories is high, combinations are grouped to stages for better analysis.

  4. List of medical abbreviations: A - Wikipedia

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    Doxorubicin (adriamycin), bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine (first-line treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma) ABX: antibiotics: a.c. AC: before a meal (from Latin ante cibum) AC: abdominal circumference assisted controlled ventilation acromioclavicular joint antecubital fossa: ACA: acinic cell carcinoma Affordable Care Act. anterior cerebral ...

  5. List of cancer types - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of cancer types. Cancer is a group of diseases that involve abnormal increases in the number of cells , with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. [ 1 ]

  6. List of medical mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of mnemonics used in medicine and medical science, categorized and alphabetized. A mnemonic is any technique that assists the human memory with information retention or retrieval by making abstract or impersonal information more accessible and meaningful, and therefore easier to remember; many of them are acronyms or initialisms which reduce a lengthy set of terms to a single ...

  7. Cancer staging - Wikipedia

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    3D medical illustration depicting the TNM stages in breast cancer. Cancer staging can be divided into a clinical stage and a pathologic stage. In the TNM (Tumor, Node, Metastasis) system, clinical stage and pathologic stage are denoted by a small "c" or "p" before the stage (e.g., cT3N1M0 or pT2N0).

  8. List of medical abbreviations: T - Wikipedia

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    Treatment: T3 Triiodothyronine: T4 Thyroxine: TA: temporal arteritis T&A: tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy: T&C: type and cross-match (see blood transfusion) T&S: type and screen (blood; e.g., to prepare for blood transfusion) Tab: Tablet (pharmacy) TAB Therapeutic abortion. Threatened abortion TAH: total abdominal hysterectomy: TAH-BSO

  9. Hormonal therapy (oncology) - Wikipedia

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    It was previously used in the treatment of breast cancer, but has been replaced by more effective and less toxic agents. Estrace is an estrogen which was also formerly used for antiandrogen therapy of prostate cancer. [2] Polyestradiol phosphate is a long-acting derivative of estradiol that is applied as an intramuscular injection.