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Pronunciation: /hypercalcemia*/

hypercalcemia

Definition

Higher than normal levels of calcium in the blood. Some types of cancer increase the risk of hypercalcemia.

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potassium hydroxide

chemoprotective agent

perineum

Lupron Depot

chemoimmunotherapy

stage IV childhood non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Sézary syndrome

carmustine implant

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allogeneic anti-CD20 CAR T cells LUCAR-20S

Gardasil 9

50% oxygen/50% nitrous oxide premix

allogeneic GM-CSF-secreting tumor vaccine PANC 10.05 pcDNA-1/GM-Neo

Voluven

epigallocatechin gallate/vitamin D/vitamin B6/D-chiro-inositol supplement

forimtamig

STING-expressing E. coli SYNB1891

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point variant

linkage analysis

carrier rate

phenocopy

single nucleotide polymorphism

multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

deleterious mutation

hereditary cancer syndrome

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