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Pronunciation: /clivus*/

clivus

Definition

A bone at the base of the skull, near the spine. Tumors, such as chordomas and chondrosarcomas, may form on the clivus.

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pleuropulmonary blastoma

tiragolumab

urine culture

pathologic complete response

dyscrasia

Tolak

congenital fibrosarcoma

gemcitabine-oxaliplatin regimen

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Strattera

anbalcabtagene autoleucel

anti-MASP-2 monoclonal antibody OMS721

autologous PD-1-targeted chimeric switch receptor-modified T lymphocytes

autologous MAGE-C2-specific HLA-A2-restricted TCR T lymphocytes

anti-HER2/HER3 dendritic cell vaccine

calendula ointment

autologous melanoma lysate-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine

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trichilemmoma

unaffected individual

hereditary cancer syndrome

deleterious mutation

polymorphism

plantar pit

multigene panel test

surveillance

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