P
- p53 gene
- paclitaxel (brand name: Taxol)
- Paget's disease of the nipple
- palliative therapy
- palpation
- pamidronate (brand name: Aredia)
- papillary
- Pap smear [also called Pap test]
- Pap test [also called Pap smear]
- parageusia [also called dysgeusia]
- Paraplatin (chemical name: carboplatin)
- partial remission [also called partial response]
- partial response [also called partial remission]
- pathologic fracture
- pathologist
- pathology report
- peau d'orange
- pedigree
- pegfilgrastim (brand name: Neulasta)
- pericardial effusion
- perineural
- perioperative
- peripheral blood
- peripheral stem cells
- peripheral stem cell support
- peripheral stem cell transplantation
- peritoneal
- peritoneal cavity
- peritoneum
- petechiae
- PET scan [also called positron emission tomography scan]
- phase III trial
- phase II trial
- phase I trial
- phase IV trial
- phlebitis
- physiologic
- pilot study
- pituitary gland
- placebo
- plasma
- plasma cells
- plastic surgeon
- platelets [also called thrombocytes]
- Platinol (chemical name: cisplatin)
- pleomorphic
- pleura
- pleural cavity
- pleural effusion
- pleurodesis
- ploidy
- pneumonia
- Port-a-cath [also called port]
- port [also called Port-a-cath]
- positive axillary lymph nodes
- positive margins
- positron emission tomography scan [also called PET scan]
- postmenopausal
- postmenopausal bleeding
- postoperative
- PR- [also called progesterone receptor negative]
- PR+ [also called progesterone receptor positive]
- pre-cancerous [also called premalignant]
- prednisone
- premalignant [also called precancerous]
- premenopausal
- preventive
- preventive mastectomy [also called prophylactic mastectomy]
- primary endpoint
- primary tumor
- Procrit (chemical name: epoetin alfa)
- proctosigmoidoscopy [also called sigmoidoscopy]
- progesterone
- progesterone receptor negative [also called PR-]
- progesterone receptor positive [also called PR+]
- prognosis
- prognostic factor
- programmed cell death [also called apoptosis]
- progression
- progressive disease
- prophylactic
- prophylactic mastectomy [also called preventive mastectomy]
- prophylactic oophorectomy
- prophylaxis
- prospective
- protein
- psoriasis
