Glossary

Atozet

ATOZET is indicated as adjunctive therapy to diet in patients with primary (heterozygous familial and non-familial) hypercholesterolaemia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezetimibe/atorvastatin

Brain radiotherapy

Brain radiotherapy is a cancer treatment that uses high-energy radiation to destroy cancer cells in the brain. It is used to treat both primary brain tumors and brain metastases. Depending on the case, it can be administered through conventional methods, such as external beam radiotherapy or whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT), or through highly precise techniques like stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). SRS delivers very high doses of radiation to targeted areas while minimizing damage to healthy tissue. Thanks to technological advancements, radiation dose and precision can now be finely adjusted, reducing side effects—such as fatigue, hair loss, and skin changes—and improving patients’ quality of life.

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FOLFOX

The FOLFOX regimen is a chemotherapy treatment commonly used for managing colon cancer. It consists of a combination of three drugs:

While FOLFOX is effective in improving survival rates and reducing recurrence, it can also cause side effects such as neuropathy (due to oxaliplatin), nausea, vomiting, and bone marrow suppression, among others. Its use and dosage are carefully adjusted based on the patient’s overall condition and the specific characteristics of the tumor.

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Hidroferol

It contains a form of vitamin D, calcifediol, which is used to treat vitamin deficiency and the problems that arise from it. Vitamin D plays a role in the human body, among other actions, by increasing calcium absorption.

https://www.ndrugs.com/?s=hidroferol

Elastomeric pump

Elastomeric pumps, also called balloon pumps or ball pumps, are usually used in the medical field to administer liquid drugs. The required pressure for administering the drug comes from the elastomeric layer that is molded inside the pump. When the pump is filled, the layer is stretched. The elastic constriction drives the liquid through the tubing and eventually through a flow restrictor out into the patient connection.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elastomeric_pump

Jardiance

The active substance in Jardiance, empagliflozin, blocks the action of a protein in the kidneys called sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2). As blood is filtered by the kidneys, SGLT2 stops the kidneys passing glucose from the blood into the urine. Patients with diabetes have high levels of glucose in the blood. By blocking the action of SGLT2, empagliflozin causes the kidneys to pass more glucose into the urine, thereby reducing the levels of glucose in the blood.

https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/jardiance

Liquid biopsy

Liquid biopsy is a non-invasive method that allows the analysis of molecular biomarkers from circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) obtained from the patient's peripheral blood or other biological fluids. Due to the suboptimal sensitivity of liquid biopsy studies, a result of Mutation Not Detected should not be considered sufficient evidence to exclude a targeted treatment, and confirmation through a tumor tissue biopsy is necessary.