Terminology R
From Kidney Cancer Resource
rad
- A radiation unit
rad tx
Radical Cystecomy also known as RC
- A doctor who specialises in reading X-Rays and CT Scans, and carrying out scans and other specialist X-Ray techniques.
rbc
- Red blood cells
- Caries blood to the Kidney
- tough fibrous layer surrounding the Kidney
- A type Kidney Cancer
- The Kidney and the adipose capsule are enclosed in this sheath of fibrous tissue called the renal fascia. Also know as Gerota's fascia
- The basin into which the urine formed by the kidneys is excreted before it travels to the ureters and Bladder.
- The ureters and renal pelvis are vulnerable to spread from TCC Transitional Cell Carcinoma or Bladder Cancer. Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) is a different kind of cancer that begins in the kidney itself and is not treated the same as TCC that has spread into the upper urinary tract
Renal Cell Carcinoma also known as RCC
- a type of Kidney Cancer, more common that TCC or Transitional Cell Carcinoma, which usually arises in the bladder and rarely into the ureter and/or kidney (renal pelvis)
- Short, thick vein which returns blood from the kidneys to the vena cava
Resection
- The surgical removal of a portion of a body part
Resectoscope
Retroperitoneal Lymph Nodes
- Lymph Nodes at the back of the abdominal and pelvis cavity
Ribosome
- A ribosome (not to be confused with riboZYME) is a small particle, a complex of various ribonucleic acid component subunits and proteins that functions as the site of protein synthesis.
Ribosomal DNA
- refers to the gene or genes that code for the RNA in ribosomes. In other words, the term "ribosomal DNA" does not refer to any DNA in ribosomes (there is no DNA in ribosomes).
Rx
- Prescription
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