CT scans use X-ray equipment and computer processing to produce 2-dimensional images of the body. The patient lies on a table and passes through a machine that looks like a large, squared-off donut.
A program within the Cancer Center providing CAR T-cell therapy for blood cancers, using advanced immunotherapy to target cancer cells and support treatment for complex or relapsed disease.
Chemotherapy is a medication or combination of medications used to treat cancer. Chemotherapy can be given orally (as a pill) or injected intravenously (IV).
If the physician performs a sentinel lymph node biopsy, and cancer is found in the sentinel nodes, it is likely a lymph node dissection will be advised to remove the other lymph nodes in the area.
A stem cell transplant is a treatment where diseased or abnormal cells are eliminated, followed by infusion of healthy stem cells that travel to the bone marrow and restore normal blood cell production.
