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  • Clinical trial sponsor

    (KLIH-nih-kul TRY-ul SPON-ser)

    A person, company, institution, group, or organization that oversees or pays for a clinical trial and collects and analyzes the data. Also called trial sponsor.

  • Clinician

    (klih-NIH-shun)

    A health professional who takes care of patients.

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

    (KOG-nih-tiv beh-HAY-vyer THAYR-uh-pee)

    A type of psychotherapy that helps patients change their behavior by changing the way they think and feel about certain things. It is used to treat mental, emotional, personality, and behavioral disorders. Also called CBT and cognitive therapy.

  • Cohort

    (KOH-hort)

    A group of individuals who share a common trait, such as birth year. In medicine, a cohort is a group that is part of a clinical trial or study and is observed over a period of time.

  • Cohort study

    (KOH-hort STUH-dee)

    A research study that compares a particular outcome (such as lung cancer) in groups of individuals who are alike in many ways but differ by a certain characteristic (for example, female nurses who smoke compared with those who do not smoke).

  • Collagen

    (KAH-luh-jen)

    A fibrous protein found in cartilage and other connective tissue.

  • Colon

    (KOH-lun)

    The longest part of the large intestine, which is a tube-like organ connected to the small intestine at one end and the anus at the other. The colon removes water and some nutrients and electrolytes from partially digested food. The remaining material, solid waste called stool, moves through the colon to the rectum and leaves the body through the anus.

  • Colonoscopy

    (KOH-luh-NOS-koh-pee)

    Examination of the inside of the colon using a colonoscope, inserted into the rectum. A colonoscope is a thin, tube-like instrument with a light and a lens for viewing. It may also have a tool to remove tissue to be checked under a microscope for signs of disease.

  • Colony stimulating factors

    A substance that stimulates the production of blood cells. Colony-stimulating factors include granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), and promegapoietin.

  • Colorectal

    (KOH-loh-REK-tul)

    Having to do with the colon or the rectum.