Sarcoma
A type of cancer.
Seminoma
A type of testes cancer.
Sequentially
Following in a particular / logical order.
Somnolence
Sleeping for unusually long periods / strong desire to sleep.
Staging
Is the process of determining of details/the extent of spread of disease/cancer
Standard of Care
Treatment plan which the majority of the medical community would accept as appropriate in similar circumstances.
Stenosis
Abnormal narrowing of a passage in body(duct, tube, or one of the heart valves).
Stomatitis
Mouth sores; inflammation of the mouth / lips, affecting mucous membrane(most often caused by cancer treatment).
Stratify
Partitioning of participants /rearrange in groups for analysis of results by a factor (ie. stratify by age, sex, etc).
Subclavian
A blood vessel under the collarbone/clavicle.
Subcutaneous
Located or placed just beneath/under the skin.
Supportive care
Treatment given to prevent/control/ relieve complications and side effects caused by serious illness like cancer / treatment related, but not intended to improve or cure underlying disease.
SWOG
Southwest Oncology Group (a comprehensive cancer research base).
Symptomatic
Signs and symptoms of a disease.
T-lymphocytes
Sub type of white blood cell involved in immune reactions.
Teratogenic
Drug / agent capable of causing malformations in embryo/unborn fetuses by interfering with their normal development.
Thrombosis
Blood clotting within blood vessels.
TID
Three times a day.
Titration
General alteration of drug dose to determine desired effect or most beneficial strength of drug.
Toxicity
Side effects or undesirable effects of a drug / agent.
Uptake
Absorption and incorporation of a substance by living tissue; taking in of a substance by living tissue (e.g.: uptake of glucose in a PET scan)
Valvuloplasty
Surgical reconstruction/plastic repair of a deformed valve, especially of the heart.
Varices
Dilated/enlarged sub mucosal veins, usually in lining of tube between mouth and stomach.
Venipuncture
Entering a vein with a needle, generally through the skin to inject a drug/draw blood/fluids.
WBC
White blood cell.