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Background level: The expected amount of a given substance in a specific environment.
Bilateral: Existing on both sides; in mesothelioma, this term is used to indicate that both lungs are diseased.
Biologic therapy: Also known as immunotherapy, biologic therapy stimulates a patient's immune system in order to fight disease and infection. May be considered a type of chemotherapy.
Biomarkers: A detectable compound or protein that indicates exposure to a certain element has occurred.
Biopsy: The removal of tissue or cells for microscopic examination to detect cancer or mesothelioma. Incisional or core biopsies deal with a small tissue sample. Excisional biopsies deal with the removal of a lump or suspicious area. Needle biopsies (fine-needle aspirations) deal with fluid or sample tissue that is extracted using a needle. Pleural biopsies deal with the lungs specifically and are essential to a mesothelioma diagnosis.
Biphasic: Also called mixed mesothelioma, biphasic mesothelioma has both sarcomatoid and epithelial elements.
Brachytherapy: A form of cancer treatment in which tube-like seeds containing radiation are inserted into or next to a tumor. This early form of cancer treatment has been replaced by external radiation therapy for the most part, but is still used for conditions such as prostate cancer.
B-reader: A NIOSH-certified practitioner qualified to interpret chest x-rays specifically for dust-related diseases, including mesothelioma.

Breakthrough pain: Pain that "breaks through" normalcy; usually occurs in patients who suffer from chronic pain that is normally controlled by medication.
Bronchi: The main passages leading from the trachea (windpipe). The bronchi enable air to move through the lungs.
Bronchiole: A small subdivision of the bronchi.
Bronchogenic carcinoma/cancer: A variety of lung cancer.
Bronchopleural fistula: A complication that arises from extrapleural pneumonectomy. A fistula causes the closed bronchial tube to leak air.
Bronchoscopy: A medical procedure in which a bronchoscope tube is inserted through the mouth or nose to examine the passages used for breathing at the lungs' entrance.
Butchart staging system: A staging system that characterizes mesothelioma severity; the most common mesothelioma staging system. The Butchart system determines its levels (I through IV) by the tissues involved.

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