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. 2018 Dec 12;18(Suppl 4):123. doi: 10.1186/s12911-018-0672-0

Table 4.

Most important 15 words (including nonstandard English words) (ranked by importance) for ICD-9 codes 174

ICD-9: 174 (Female breast cancer)
Word Description
Xeloda A prescription medicine used to treat people with cancer
Tamoxifen A medication that is used to prevent breast cancer
Metastatic A pathogenic agent’s spread from an primary site to a different site
Chemotherapy A treatment by the use of chemical substances
Cancer A disease in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and destroy body tissue
Carboplatin It is used to treat ovarian cancer
Onc Abbreviations of oncologist
Oncologist A doctor who treats cancer
Taxol It belongs to a class of chemotherapy drugs is the abnormal buildup of fluid in the abdomen
Chemo Short form of chemotherapy
Gemcitabine Gemcitabine is an anti-cancer
Mets Abbreviations of metastasis
Compazine This medication is used to treat severe nausea
Palliative A medical care for relieving pain
Metastases The development of secondary malignant growths