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Glossary
- Calorie
- A measure of energy your body gets from food.
- Candida
- A fungusA plant-like organism that does not make chlorophyll. Mushrooms, yeasts, and molds are examples. The plural is fungi. that lives in the intestines mouth and vagina.
- Carbohydrate
- One of the three nutrients that supply calories (energy) to the body.
- Cardiac
- Pertaining to the heart.
- Carmustine
- A chemotherapyDrug or combination of drugs designed to kill cancerous cells. drug.
- Cataract
- A condition in which the lens of the eye becomes cloudy.
- Catheter
- Small, flexible plastic tube inserted into a portion of the body to administer or remove fluids.
- CB
- Cord blood.
- CBSC
- Cord blood stem cell.
- CBT
- Cord blood transplant.
- CDC
- Centers for Disease Control.
- Central line
- Central venous catheterSmall, flexible plastic tube inserted into the large vein above the heart, through which drugs and blood products can be given, and blood samples withdrawn..
- Central venous catheter
- Small, flexible plastic tube inserted into the large vein above the heart, through which drugs and blood products can be given, and blood samples withdrawn.
- Chemo
- ChemotherapyDrug or combination of drugs designed to kill cancerous cells..
- chemo brain
- A slang term referring to memory and learning problems some patients experience following chemotherapyDrug or combination of drugs designed to kill cancerous cells.
- Chemo-responsive
- Responds to chemotherapyDrug or combination of drugs designed to kill cancerous cells.. For example, a tumorUncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the organ or tissue. is chemo-responsiveResponds to chemotherapy. For example, a tumor is chemo-responsive if it shrinks in size following chemotherapy. if it shrinks in size following chemotherapy.
- Chemobrain
- A slang term referring to memory and learning problems some patients experience following chemotherapyDrug or combination of drugs designed to kill cancerous cells.
- Chemotherapy
- Drug or combination of drugs designed to kill cancerous cells.
- Chromosome
- Physical structure in the cell's nucleus that houses the genes. Each human cell has 23 pairs of chromosomes.
- Chronic
- Persisting for a long time.
- CLL
- ChronicPersisting for a long time. lymphocytic leukemia.
- CML
- ChronicPersisting for a long time. myeloid leukemia or chronic myelogenous leukemia.
- CMMoL
- ChronicPersisting for a long time. myelomonocytic leukemia.
- CMV
- CytomegalovirusA type of virus. Also called CMV.
- CNS
- Central nervous system.
- Colony stimulating factor
- A proteinOne of the three nutrients that supply calories to the body. Protein helps build muscle, bone, skin, and blood. that increases production of certain types of blood cells.
- Complete blood count
- A test to check the number of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets in a sample of blood. Also called blood cell count and CBC.
- Complete remission
- Condition in which no cancerous cells can be detected by a microscope, and the patient appears to be disease free.
- Conditioning regimen
- The combination of chemotherapyDrug or combination of drugs designed to kill cancerous cells. and/or radiation given to a patient prior to a stem cell transplantation. Also called the preparative regimenThe treatments used to prepare a patient for stem cell transplantation (a procedure in which a person receives blood stem cells, which make any type of blood cell). A preparative regimen may include chemotherapy, monoclonal antibody therapy, and radiation to the entire body. It helps make room in the patient’s bone marrow for new blood stem cells to grow, helps prevent the patient's body from rejecting the transplanted cells, and helps kill any cancer cells that are in the body. Also called conditioning regimen..
- Conjunctivitis
- Eye inflammation.
- Contracture
- Shortening of muscle, skin, and other soft tissue, usually in the limbs.
- CP
- ChronicPersisting for a long time. phase.
- CPR
- Cardio pulmonaryPertaining to the lungs. resuscitation.
- CR
- Complete remissionCondition in which no cancerous cells can be detected by a microscope, and the patient appears to be disease free..
- Cryopreservation
- To preserve by freezing at very low temperatures.
- CSF
- Colony stimulating factorA protein that increases production of certain types of blood cells..
- CT scan
- Also called a CAT scan or CT-X-ray. A three-dimensional x-ray.
- Cytogenetic remission
- In persons who had a chromosomal abnormality, a remissionA decrease in or disappearance of signs and symptoms of cancer. In partial remission, some, but not all, signs and symptoms of cancer have disappeared. In complete remission, all signs and symptoms of cancer have disappeared, although cancer still may be in the body. with normal chromosomes.
- Cytokines
- Powerful chemical substances secreted by cells that play an important role in regulating the immune system.
- Cytomegalovirus
- A type of virusIn medicine, a very simple microorganism that infects cells and may cause disease. Because viruses can multiply only inside infected cells, they are not considered to be alive.. Also called CMVCytomegalovirus.
- Cytoplasm
- The fluid inside a cell but outside the cell's nucleus. Most chemical reactions in a cell take place in the cytoplasmThe fluid inside a cell but outside the cell's nucleus. Most chemical reactions in a cell take place in the cytoplasm..
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