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- P-32
- P-glycoprotein
- P-value
- P30 Cancer Center Support Grant
- P53 gene
- PABA
- PAD regimen
- PAD
- PAH
- PALA
- PANVAC-V
- PAP
- PAR-101
- PARP inhibitor AZD2281
- PARP inhibitor
- PARP-1 inhibitor ABT-888
- PARP-1 inhibitor AG014699
- PARP-1
- PARP
- PA
- PBSCT
- PC regimen
- PC-SPES
- PCA
- PCNSL
- PCOS
- PCR
- PCV regimen
- PCV
- PD-1
- PDGF
- PDQ
- PDX
- PEB regimen
- PEB
- PEComa
- PEG tube
- PEG-Intron
- PEG-MGDF
- PEG-asparaginase
- PEG-rhMGDF
- PEG
- PEITC
- PEI
- PEP02
- PET scan
- PET-CT scan
- PF-00299804
- PF-3512676
- PFIC
- PFS
- PFT
- PGE1
- PG
- PHA-739358
- PHACE syndrome
- PHP
- PHR
- PH
- PI-88
- PI3 kinase
- PI3K
- PICC
- PID
- PIN
- PI
- PJS
- PKC412
- PKC
- PKU
- PLL
- PLX4032
- PM-81
- PML gene
- PMN
- PN401
- PNA
- PNET
- PNH
- PNU 166148
- PNU-93914
- PPAR gamma pathway
- PPI
- PPNET
- PP
- PR+
- PR-104
- PR-
- PRCC
- PRES
- PRRT
- PR
- PS-341
- PSA bounce
- PSA failure
- PSA test
- PSA velocity
- PSA
- PSC 833
- PT-100
- PTCD
- PTC
- PTEN tyrosine phosphatase
- PTEN
- PTH
- PTK787/ZK 222584
- PTLD
- PTSD
- PUVA therapy
- PV701
- PV
- PXD101
- Pacemaker
- Pacific valerian
- Pack year
- Paclitaxel albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulation
- Paclitaxel liposome
- Paclitaxel poliglumex
- Paclitaxel polyglutamate
- Paclitaxel-loaded polymeric micelle
- Paclitaxel
- Paget disease of bone
- Paget disease of the nipple
- Pain flare
- Pain threshold
- Palate
- Palatine uvula
- Palbociclib
- Palifermin
- Palliation
- Palliative care
- Palliative sedation
- Palliative therapy
- Palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia
- Palonosetron hydrochloride
- Palpable disease
- Palpation
- Palpitation
- Pamelor
- Pamidronate disodium
- Panacea
- Pancoast tumor
- Pancreas
- Pancreatectomy
- Pancreatic cancer
- Pancreatic duct
- Pancreatic endocrine cancer
- Pancreatic endocrine tumor
- Pancreatic enzyme
- Pancreatic function test
- Pancreatic insulin-producing tumor
- Pancreatic juice
- Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor
- Pancreatic polypeptide
- Pancreatic tumor
- Pancreatic
- Pancreatitis
- Pancreatoduodenectomy
- Panhypopituitarism
- Panic
- Panitumumab
- Panobinostat
- Pantothenic acid
- Pap smear
- Pap test
- Pap/HPV cotest
- Papanicolaou test
- Papillary dermis
- Papillary intralymphatic angioendothelioma
- Papillary kidney cancer
- Papillary renal cell carcinoma
- Papillary serous carcinoma
- Papillary thyroid cancer
- Papillary tumor
- Papillary-reticular dermal interface
- Papilledema
- Papule
- Para-aminobenzoic acid
- Paracentesis
- Paraganglia
- Paraganglioma
- Parageusia
- Paralysis
- Paralytic ileus
- Parametrium
- Paramyxovirus
- Paranasal sinus and nasal cavity cancer
- Paranasal sinus
- Paraneoplastic syndrome
- Paranoia
- Parasite
- Parasitic
- Parasomnia
- Parasympathetic nervous system
- Parathormone
- Parathyrin
- Parathyroid cancer
- Parathyroid gland
- Parathyroid hormone
- Parathyroidectomy
- Parenchyma
- Parenteral nutrition
- Paresthesia
- Paricalcitol
- Parietal cell vagotomy
- Parietal pericardium
- Parietal peritoneum
- Parkinson disease
- Parotid gland cancer
- Parotidectomy
- Paroxetine hydrochloride
- Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
- Partial cystectomy
- Partial hysterectomy
- Partial laryngectomy
- Partial mastectomy
- Partial nephrectomy
- Partial oophorectomy
- Partial radical vulvectomy
- Partial remission
- Partial response
- Partial vulvectomy
- Partial-breast irradiation
- Passive antibody therapy
- Pastoral counselor
- Patchouli
- Paternal
- Paterson-Kelly syndrome
- Pathognomonic
- Pathologic complete remission
- Pathologic complete response
- Pathologic fracture
- Pathological stage
- Pathological staging
- Pathologist
- Pathology report
- Patient advocate
- Patient navigator
- Patient-controlled analgesia
- Patient-derived xenograft
- Paxil
- Pazopanib hydrochloride
- Peak exposure
- Peau d'orange
- PediaSure
- Pediatric cancer
- Pediatric hematologist
- Pediatric nurse specialist
- Pediatric oncologist
- Pediatric polymeric enteral nutrition formula
- Pediatric surgeon
- Pediatric
- Pediatrician
- Pedicle flap
- Pedigree
- Pedunculated
- Peer review process
- Peer-reviewed scientific journal
- Pegaspargase
- Pegasys
- Pegfilgrastim
- Peginterferon alfa-2a
- Peginterferon alfa-2b
- Pegylated arginine deiminase
- Pelargonium
- Peldesine
- Pelitinib
- Pelvic exam
- Pelvic exenteration
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Pelvic lymph node
- Pelvic lymphadenectomy
- Pelvic wall
- Pelvic
- Pelvis
- Pembrolizumab
- Pemetrexed disodium
- Penclomedine
- Penectomy
- Penetrance
- Penicillamine
- Penicillin
- Penile cancer
- Penile implant
- Penis
- Pentam
- Pentamidine isethionate
- Pentamidine
- Pentetic acid calcium
- Pentosan polysulfate
- Pentostatin
- Pentoxifylline
- Pepsin
- Pepsinogen
- Peptic ulcer
- Peptide 946
- Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy
- Peptide
- Percutaneous endoscopic tube
- Percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration
- Percutaneous ethanol injection
- Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage
- Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage
- Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography
- Percutaneous
- Performance status
- Perfusion magnetic resonance imaging
- Perfusion
- Periampullary cancer
- Pericardial effusion
- Pericytic tumor
- Perifosine
- Perihilar bile duct
- Perillyl alcohol
- Perimenopausal
- Perineal colostomy
- Perineal prostatectomy
- Perineum
- Perineural
- Periodic neutropenia
- Perioperative
- Peripheral T-cell lymphoma
- Peripheral blood lymphocyte therapy
- Peripheral blood smear
- Peripheral blood stem cell transplant
- Peripheral blood
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor
- Peripheral stem cell support
- Peripheral stem cell
- Peripheral venous catheter
- Peripherally inserted central catheter
- Peristalsis
- Peritoneal cavity
- Peritoneal fluid
- Peritoneal infusion
- Peritoneal perfusion
- Peritoneal washing
- Peritoneal
- Peritoneum
- Peritonitis
- Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor
- Perivascular tumor
- Perjeta
- Pernicious anemia
- Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma pathway
- Personal health record
- Personal history
- Personal medical history
- Personalized medicine
- Perturbation
- Pertussis
- Pertuzumab
- Pesticide
- Pet-facilitated therapy
- Petechiae
- Petrolatum
- Petroleum jelly
- Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
- Pevonedistat
- Phagocyte
- Phagocytosis
- Phantom limb pain
- Pharmacist
- Pharmacogenetics
- Pharmacogenomics
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacopoeia
- Pharmacovigilance
- Pharyngeal cancer
- Pharynx
- Phase I clinical trial
- Phase I detoxification
- Phase I/II clinical trial
- Phase II clinical trial
- Phase II detoxification
- Phase II/III clinical trial
- Phase III clinical trial
- Phase IV clinical trial
- Phenethyl isothiocyanate
- Phenobarbital
- Phenol
- Phenothiazine
- Phenoxodiol
- Phenylacetate
- Phenylbutyrate
- Phenylketonuria
- Phenytoin sodium
- Pheochromocytoma
- Pheresis
- Philadelphia chromosome
- Philosophical
- Phlebitis
- Phlebotomy
- Phlegm
- Phobia
- Phosphate
- Phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase
- Phospholipid complex
- Phospholipid
- Phosphonoformate trisodium
- Phosphoric acid
- Phosphoric
- Phosphorus P 32
- Phosphorus
- Phosphorylation
- Photoactivity
- Photocoagulation
- Photodynamic therapy
- Photofrin
- Photon beam radiation therapy
- Photopheresis
- Photophobia
- Photosensitizer
- Photosensitizing agent
- Photosynthesis
- Phototesting
- Phototherapy
- Phototoxicity
- Phrenic nerve
- Phyllodes tumor
- Physiatrist
- Physical dependence
- Physical examination
- Physical medicine specialist
- Physical therapist
- Physical therapy
- Physical touch methods
- Physician Data Query
- Physician assistant
- Physician
- Physiologic
- Phytic acid
- Phytochemical
- Phytoestrogen
- Phytohemagglutinin
- Phytol
- Phytosterol
- Picato
- Pigment
- Pilocarpine
- Pilocytic
- Pilot study
- Pineal body
- Pineal germinoma
- Pineal gland
- Pineal organ
- Pineal region tumor
- Pinealoma
- Pineoblastoma
- Pineocytoma
- Pinkeye
- Pioglitazone
- Pipe
- Piperacillin-tazobactam
- Pirfenidone
- Piritrexim
- Pituitary gland
- Pituitary tumor
- Pixantrone
- Placebo therapy
- Placebo-controlled
- Placebo
- Placenta
- Placental blood transplantation
- Plan B
- Plant sterol
- Plaque radiotherapy
- Plaque
- Plasma cell myeloma
- Plasma cell tumor
- Plasma cell
- Plasma exchange
- Plasma membrane
- Plasma
- Plasmablastic lymphoma
- Plasmacyte
- Plasmacytic
- Plasmacytoma
- Plasmapheresis
- Plastic surgeon
- Plastic surgery
- Platelet-derived growth factor
- Platelet
- Platinol
- Platinum refractory cancer
- Platinum resistant cancer
- Platinum sensitive cancer
- Platinum
- Plenaxis
- Pleomorphic liposarcoma
- Pleomorphic
- Plerixafor
- Pleura
- Pleural cavity
- Pleural effusion
- Pleurectomy
- Pleurodesis
- Pleuropulmonary blastoma familial cancer syndrome
- Pleuropulmonary blastoma
- Plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumor
- Plexiform neurofibroma
- Plexopathy
- Plicamycin
- Ploidy
- Plummer-Vinson syndrome
- Pluripotent stem cell
- Pluripotent
- Pneumatic larynx
- Pneumonectomy
- Pneumonia
- Pneumonitis
- Pneumothorax
- Podiatrist
- Polifeprosan 20 carmustine implant
- Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor
- Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase-1
- Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase
- Poly-ICLC
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
- Polycystic ovary syndrome
- Polycythemia vera
- Polyethylene glycol
- Polyethylene glycosylated recombinant human megakaryocyte growth and development factor
- Polyglutamate camptothecin
- Polymer
- Polymerase chain reaction
- Polymeric enteral nutrition formula
- Polymorphism
- Polymorphonuclear leukocyte
- Polymyositis
- Polyneuritis
- Polyp
- Polypectomy
- Polypeptide
- Polyphenol
- Polyphenon E
- Polyposis
- Polysaccharide
- Polysomnogram
- Polyvinylpyrrolidone-sodium hyaluronate gel
- Pomalidomide
- Pomalyst
- Pomegranate
- Ponatinib hydrochloride
- Pons
- Pontine
- Population study
- Porcine
- Porfimer sodium
- Porfiromycin
- Port-a-cath
- Port
- Portal hypertension
- Portal vein
- Portrazza
- Positive axillary lymph node
- Positive test result
- Positron emission tomography scan
- Positron emission tomography-computed tomography scan
- Post-marketing surveillance trial
- Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Posterior pelvic exenteration
- Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
- Posterior urethral cancer
- Posterior
- Postmenopausal
- Postmortem
- Postoperative
- Postprandial
- Postremission therapy
- Potassium hydroxide
- Potassium
- Poteligeo
- Potentiation
- Power of attorney
- Practitioner
- Pralatrexate
- Pravachol
- Pravastatin sodium
- Pravastatin
- Precancerous dermatitis
- Precancerous dermatosis
- Precancerous polyps
- Precancerous
- Precision medicine
- Preclinical study
- Precursor B-lymphoblastic leukemia
- Precursor T-lymphoblastic leukemia
- Precursor T-lymphoblastic lymphoma
- Precursor lymphoblastic lymphoma
- Predictive factor
- Prednisolone
- Prednisone
- Pregabalin
- Pregnancy
- Premalignant
- Premature birth
- Premature death
- Premature menopause
- Premature ovarian failure
- Premenopausal
- Premycotic phase
- Prenatal
- Prescription
- Preterm birth
- Pretracheal space
- Prevacid
- Prevalence
- Prevascular space
- Prevention
- Preventive mastectomy
- Preventive
- Prialt
- Primary CNS lymphoma
- Primary cancer
- Primary care doctor
- Primary care
- Primary central nervous system lymphoma
- Primary effusion lymphoma
- Primary endpoint
- Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma
- Primary myelofibrosis
- Primary ovarian insufficiency
- Primary peritoneal cancer
- Primary renal myoepithelial carcinoma
- Primary therapy
- Primary tumor
- Primitive neuroectodermal tumor
- Principal investigator
- Prinivil
- Prinomastat
- Pro-oxidant
- ProMune
- Probenecid
- Probiotic
- Procarbazine hydrochloride
- Procarbazine
- Prochlorperazine
- Procrit
- Proctitis
- Proctoscope
- Proctoscopy
- Proctosigmoidoscopy
- Progeny
- Progesterone receptor negative
- Progesterone receptor positive
- Progesterone receptor test
- Progesterone receptor
- Progesterone
- Progestin
- Prognosis
- Prognostic factor
- Programmed cell death
- Progression-free survival
- Progression
- Progressive disease
- Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis
- Prolactin
- Proleukin
- Prolia
- Proliferating
- Proliferative index
- Prolymphocytic leukemia
- Promacta
- Promegapoietin
- Promyelocytic leukemia gene
- Promyelocytic leukemia
- Prophylactic cranial irradiation
- Prophylactic mastectomy
- Prophylactic oophorectomy
- Prophylactic surgery
- Prophylactic
- Prophylaxis
- Propranolol hydrochloride
- Prosetin
- Prospective cohort study
- Prospective
- Prost 30
- ProstaScint scan
- ProstaScint
- Prostaglandin E1
- Prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2
- Prostaglandin
- Prostate cancer
- Prostate-specific antigen test
- Prostate-specific antigen
- Prostate
- Prostatectomy
- Prostatic acid phosphatase
- Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia
- Prostatitis
- Prostatocystectomy
- Prosthesis
- Prosthetist
- Prosthodontist
- Prostration
- Protease inhibitor
- Proteasome inhibitor
- Protection of Human Subjects
- Protective factor
- Protegrin
- Protein expression profile
- Protein expression
- Protein kinase B
- Protein kinase C
- Protein kinase inhibitor
- Protein signature
- Protein-bound paclitaxel
- Protein
- Proteinuria
- Proteogenomics
- Proteoglycan
- Proteome
- Proteomic profile
- Proteomics
- Proto-oncogene
- Protocel
- Protocol
- Proton beam radiation therapy
- Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
- Proton pump inhibitor
- Proton
- Protozoal
- Provenge
- Proximal colon
- Proximal urethra
- Proximal urethral cancer
- Proximal
- Proxinium
- Pruritus
- Psammoma body
- Pseudomyogenic hemangioendothelioma
- Pseudomyxoma peritonei
- Psilocybin
- Psilocybine
- Psoralen and ultraviolet A therapy
- Psoralen
- Psoriasis
- Psychiatrist
- Psychological
- Psychologist
- Psychology
- Psychosis
- Psychosocial support
- Psychosocial
- Psychostimulant
- Psychotherapy
- Psyllium
- Ptosis
- Puberty
- Public health insurance
- Pulmonary disease
- Pulmonary edema
- Pulmonary function test
- Pulmonary function
- Pulmonary rehabilitation education
- Pulmonary specialist
- Pulmonary sulcus tumor
- Pulmonary
- Pulmonologist
- Pulmonology
- Pulmozyme
- Pulse
- Pump
- Punch biopsy
- Pupil
- Purine nucleoside analog
- Purine
- Purinethol
- Purixan
- Purple clover
- Purple coneflower
- Pylorus
- Pyogenic granuloma
- Pyrazine diazohydroxide
- Pyrazoloacridine
- Pyridoxine
- Pyrimidine
- Pyroxamide
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