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Glossary of Terms and References
Technical Terms
Carcinoma A medical term for cancer
Chemotherapy The administration of anti cancer drugs to patients with cancer
Cryotherapy Treatment of cancer by freezing in order to destroy it
Doxorubicin An anti-cancer drug that is widely used in the treatment
of cancer patients
FDA Food and Drug Administration of the USA Department
of Health and Human Services
FUDR Floxuridine, a type of anti-cancer drug
Hepatic Artery The main artery supplying blood to the liver
Hyperthermia The treatment of cancer by raising the temperature of the cancer in
order to destroy it
Lipiodol An oily liquid that is used to mix with anti-cancer drugs and which
can be injected into the hepatic artery of patients with liver cancer in
order to concentrate the drug in the cancerous tissues
Metastases Secondary cancers that occur as a result of a cancer at another site
spreading to new tissues of the body
Phase I Trial A clinical experiment in which new therapies are tested predominantly
to determine their safety at different doses
Phase II Trial A clinical experiment in patients that assesses whether
a new treatment has a beneficial effect on the patient
Phase III Trial A clinical experiment in patients in which a new experimental
treatment is compared with what is regarded as ‘standard practice’
SIRT Selective Internal Radiation Therapy is the medical procedure in which
SIR-Spheres ® is administered to patients in order to treat their cancer
TGA Therapeutic Goods Administration of Australia
TACE Trans Arterial Chemo-Embolisation is the technique used to treat liver
cancer whereby an anti-cancer drug is mixed with lipiodol and
injected into the main artery supplying blood to the live
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