breastcancer.org™ Celebrity Talking Dictionary
- p53 gene
- paclitaxel [brand name: Taxol]
- Paget's disease of the nipple
- palliative therapy
- palpation
- Pamidronate
- Pap smear
- Pap test
- 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 cell support
- peripheral stem cell transplantation
- peripheral stem cells
- peritoneal
- peritoneal cavity
- peritoneum
- PET scan (positron emission tomography scan)
- petechiae
- phase I trial
- phase II trial
- phase III 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 [also called Port-a-cath]
- Port-a-cath [also called port]
- positive axillary lymph nodes
- positron emission tomography scan (PET scan)
- postmenopausal
- postmenopausal bleeding
- postoperative
- PR- (also called progesterone receptor negative)
- PR+ (progesterone receptor positive)
- precancerous [also called premalignant]
- prednisone
- premalignant [also called precancerous]
- premenopausal
- preventive
- preventive mastectomy [also called prophylactic mastectomy]
- primary endpoint
- primary tumor
- Procrit [chemical name: epoetin]
- progesterone
- progesterone receptor negative (also called PR-)
- progesterone receptor positive (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
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