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Cancer Dictionary - Terms beginning with 'P'

Patient-Controlled Analgesic (Pca)

Pedicle

Peg

Pelvic Examination

Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection

Pelvis/Pelvic

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (Peg)

Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (Picc)

Peritoneum (Adj. Peritoneal)

Pet (Positron Emission Tomography) Scan

Premature Ejaculation

Primary Cancer

Progesterone

Progesterone Receptor

Progesterone Receptor Test

Prostate-Specific Antigen (Psa)

Pulmonary Function Tests

Pump

Cancer Dictionary

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Cancer Council Victoria would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work. We would also like to pay respect to the elders past and present and extend that respect to all other Aboriginal people.