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Pronunciation: /nɛk ˈdaɪsɛkʃən/

neck dissection

Definition

Surgery to remove lymph nodes and other tissues in the neck.

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cancer treatment vaccine

cervical cancer

GTD

stage IV nonmelanoma skin cancer on the head and neck (not on the eyelid)

Naprosyn

galiximab

blood test

electrosurgery

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Opdualag

autologous TGFbeta-resistant HER2/EBV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes

Bcl-2/Bcl-XL inhibitor LP-118

neomycin

levocarnitine

levofloxacin

HLA-A*2404-restricted RNF43-TOMM34-VEGFR1-VEGFR2 multipeptide vaccine

anti-CD79b CAR T cells

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aneuploidy

mosaicism

genome-wide association study

metachronous cancer

fibrofolliculoma

inconclusive result

domain

screening

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