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Pronunciation: /alkylating* ˈeɪʤənt/

alkylating agent

Definition

A type of drug that is used in the treatment of cancer. It interferes with the cell’s DNA and inhibits cancer cell growth.

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affinity reagent

PAH

contiguous

esophagram

tacrolimus

insulin-like growth factor

familial diffuse gastric cancer

treatment course

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W_pro1 cancer vaccine

pozelimab

anti-HER3 dendritic cell vaccine

interferon gamma-primed human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells

lumrotatug

allogeneic anti-CD38 DAR-T cells STI-1492

antibody-drug conjugate ABBV-176

oncolytic vaccinia virus expressing anti-CTLA-4 antibody and GM-CSF BT-001

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copy number variant

heterozygous genotype

autosomal dominant inheritance

FISH

negative predictive value

new mutation

nonpenetrance

synchronous cancer

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