An anti-coagulant drug used to treat and prevent abnormal blood clotting.

A common, contagious, harmless growth that occurs on the skin or mucous membranes. Only the topmost layer of skin is affected.

The management of prostate cancer by surveillance rather than initial intervention.

A test that assesses someone's ability to produce and concentrate urine during a time when they have no fluid intake. It is usually used to diagnose diabetes insipidus.

An abbreviation for white blood cell scan, a test involving the injection of radio-labelled white blood cells into the body to determine the extent and position of inflammation and infection in the body.

An abbreviation for whole body irradiation, a type of radiotherapy given to the whole body to destroy bone marrow cells before stem cell or bone marrow transplantation.

white cell count

A type of brain damage caused by deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1).

An injury to the soft tissues of the neck, classically arising from a car accident

A type of blood cell that protects the body against foreign substances and produces antibodies.

A test involving the injection of radio-labelled white blood cells into the body to determine the extent and position of inflammation and infection in the body.

A type of radiotherapy given to the whole body to destroy bone marrow cells before stem cell or bone marrow transplantation.

A rare genetic disorder in which copper builds up in the body, mainly in the liver and brain.

The uterus.