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June 18, 2013

Breast Cancer Prevention Glossary of Terms

The following are health and medical definitions of terms that appear in the Breast Cancer Prevention article.

Abdomen: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Abnormal: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Acquired: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Adjacent: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Adjuvant: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Analogous: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Anastrozole: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Antioxidant: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Arimidex: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Aromasin: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Aromatase: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Ataxia-telangiectasia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Atypical: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Baseline: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Benign: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Beta carotene: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Biopsy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Birth control: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Blood clots: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bowel: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Brain: See the definition from MedTerms.com

BRCA2: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Breast cancer: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Caffeine: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cancer: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Carcinoma: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Carcinoma in situ: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cardiovascular: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cell: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chemical reaction: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Chest: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chest pain: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chromosomes: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Clinical trial: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cure: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cysts: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Deoxyribonucleic acid: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Discharge: See the definition from MedTerms.com

DNA: See the definition from MedTerms.com

DNA repair: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Embolism: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Enzyme: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Enzymes: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Estrogen: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Estrogens: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Exemestane: See the definition from MedTerms.com

False positive: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Family history: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Fatigue: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Fats: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Fatty acids: See the definition from MedTerms.com

FDA: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Femara: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Fetus: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Fibroadenoma: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Food and Drug Administration: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Gene: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Genes: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Genetic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Genetic testing: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Heart: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heart disease: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hormone: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hormone therapy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hot flashes: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hyperplasia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hysterectomy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Immune: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Immune system: See the definition from MedTerms.com

In situ: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Incidence: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Intervention: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Laboratory: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Lethal: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Letrozole: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Lifetime risk: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Liver: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Lung cancer: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Lungs: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Lymph: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Lymphoma: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Magnetic resonance imaging: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Male breast cancer: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Malignant: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Mammogram: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Mastectomy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Menopause: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Menstrual: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Metabolic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Metastasis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Metastasize: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Microscope: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Mortality: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Mortality rate: See the definition from MedTerms.com

MRI: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Mutation: See the definition from MedTerms.com

New England Journal of Medicine: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Night sweats: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Nucleus: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Obese: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Onset: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Osteoporosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Ovarian: See the definition from MedTerms.com

p53: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pain: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Palpable: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pancreatic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pancreatic cancer: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Papilloma: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Placebo: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Postmenopausal: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pregnancy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Progesterone: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Progestin: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Promoter: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Prophylactic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Prostate: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Prostate cancer: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Proteins: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pulmonary: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Pulmonary embolism: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Quality of life: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Radiation: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Radiation therapy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Receptor: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Recurrence: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Risk factor: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Scan: See the definition from MedTerms.com

SERM: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Shock: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Shortness of breath: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Sleeplessness: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Stage: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Stress: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Stroke: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Substance: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Surgery: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Teratogen: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Therapy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Tobacco: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Trauma: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Tumor: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Ultrasound: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Uterine cancer: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Uterine lining: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Uterus: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vitamin C: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vitamin E: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vitamins: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Weight loss: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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X-ray: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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