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Pronunciation: /mæˈstɛktəmi/

mastectomy

Definition

Surgery to remove part or all of the breast. There are different types of mastectomy that differ in the amount of tissue and lymph nodes removed.

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CT colonography

Stewart-Treves syndrome

cholelith

malignancy

animal model

hexyl 5-aminolevulinate

throat

functional magnetic resonance imaging

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autologous anti-H3.3K27M TCR-expressing T cells

anti-CTLA4 monoclonal antibody HBM4003

ALVAC-CEA B7.1 vaccine

mobocertinib succinate

eflornithine hydrochloride

Gammagard S/D

autologous anti-CD7-CAR-CD28zeta T cells

autologous anti-CD22 CAR-T cells CLIC-2201

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tumor suppressor gene

polymorphism

congenital

cascade screening

presymptomatic testing

splice-site variant

somatic mutation

melanocytic macules associated with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

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