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Glossary of Terms

Introduction

Parts of this glossary have been taken or adapted from the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Dictionary and the American Breast Cancer Society’s Breast Cancer Dictionary.

This glossary does not contain definitions of medications. To learn more about specific medications, visit the website of the National Cancer Institute.

Many thanks to the healthcare practitioners who reviewed portions of this glossary:

  • Mechelle Barrick, RN, BSN, OCN, Greater Baltimore Medical Center
  • Debra S. Copit, MD, Albert Einstein Medical Center
  • Ann L. Honebrink, MD, Penn Health at Radnor
  • Isabel I. Law, RN, South Carolina Comprehensive Breast Center
  • Judith Macon, RN, MA, Suburban Hospital Cancer Program
  • Suzanne McGettigan Bensman, MSN, CRNP, AOCN
  • Lisa McGinty, RN, BSN, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania
  • Maria Rocktashel, MSN, CRNP, Delaware Valley Surgical Associates
  • Lynn M. Schuchter, MD, University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center
  • Michele D. Stolper, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Fionda N. Williams, RN, BSN, Baltimore City Cancer Program

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1H-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging

A noninvasive imaging method that provides information about cellular activity (metabolic information). It is used along with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which provides information about the shape and size of the tumor (spacial information). Also called magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging.

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