The NCI also collects and distributes information on cancer to patients and their families. The NIH is one of eight health agencies of the Public Health Service, which is run by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Its research mission is to prevent, detect, diagnose and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold. The procedure is usually done under local anesthesia. Neoadjuvant therapy -Chemotherapy used adjuvant to, or in addition to, other treatments like surgery or radiation therapy.
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is given after surgery.
Nodule -A small lump or tumor that can be benign or malignant. Pathologist -physician who diagnoses disease by examining tissues and performing and interpreting laboratory tests. Doctors can use PET scans to help assess the metabolic activity of cancer cells in the lung or esophagus. PDQ can be accessed through the Internet. Poorly differentiated -When observed under the microscope, a poorly differentiated tumor has little or only a slight resemblance to the normal tissue from the same organ.