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A device that is implanted under the scalp to deliver anticancer drugs to the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

Any disease for which obesity is a significant risk factor.

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, a medication that is commonly prescribed or purchased over the counter to treat the inflammation associated with conditions such as arthritis, tendonitis, and burs

A type of testicular cancer that arises in specialized sex cells called germ cells that give rise to sperm. Nonseminomas include embryonal carcinoma, teratoma, choriocarcinoma, and yolk sac tumor.

Skin cancer that does not involve melanocytes. Basal cell cancer and squamous cell cancer are examples of nonmelanoma skin cancers.

A group of cancer drugs called alkylating agents because they act by the process of alkylation to inhibit DNA repair.

Also known as tabes dorsalis, the slowly progressive degeneration of the spinal cord that occurs in the late (tertiary) phase of syphilis a decade or more after contracting the infection.

Neurological complications in the third (tertiary) and final phase of syphilis, which involve the central nervous system and can include psychosis, pain, and loss of physical control over a variety of

Giving rise to or arising from the nerves or the nervous system. For example, neurogenic pain is pain that originates in the nerves, as opposed to muscle pain, bone pain, etc.

A childhood form of cancer that arises in the adrenal gland or in tissue in the nervous system that is related to the adrenal gland.