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Cancer and Leukaemia Terms and Titles
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Displaying 15 terms beginning with "F"
FAB (short for French-American-British) is the term used by doctors for certain types of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).
Faeces, commonly called 'poo', are the normally solid brown lumps that you pass when going to the toilet.
Fatigue, a feeling of tiredness or weakness. Sometimes cancer or its treatment can bring about fatigue. Occasionally people may be so fatigued, they find it difficult to concentrate and need to seek help from a nurse or doctor.
Fats are one of the three major food sources, needed by the body for energy. They are found in everyday food such as meat, fish and dairy products. The other two major food sources are carbohydrates and proteins.
Fibre Optics or Optical Fibres are very thin glass or plastic tubes, through which light travels. They can also carry images, which means they can be used to look into parts of the body and take pictures, without the need for a major incision or cut to be made.
Fibrosarcoma (pronounced fibro sah coma) is a type of soft tissue sarcoma, a form of cancer, normally affecting teenagers. It is found in tissue that joins parts of the body together.
Filgrastim also known as G-CSF or Neupogen is a commonly used growth factor.
Fine Needle Aspiration or Needle Aspiration or Needle Biopsy is a procedure where a fine, very thin needle is used to take a few cells from someone's body for testing. A local anaesthetic is used, so no pain is felt.
See Influenza.
Fluorouracil or 5FU (pronounced floo oh row yoo ra sill) is a drug used in chemotherapy.
See Check Ups.
When something enters the body from outside it is called foreign. These could include splinters, bacteria fungal infections or viruses.
See FAB.
Fungal means to do with fungi or fungus (the plural).
Plant-like organisms such as mushrooms, yeasts, and molds are examples of fungi. Some fungi, such as thrush, can grow inside the body.
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