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Pronunciation: /nitrosourea*/

nitrosourea

Definition

An anticancer drug that can cross the blood-brain barrier. Carmustine and lomustine are nitrosoureas.

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stereotactic core needle biopsy

CTA

child-life worker

stage II nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus cancer

botanical

stage I intraocular melanoma of the ciliary body and choroid

Keppra

FAMMM syndrome

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Omisirge

autologous anti-BCMA-CAR-mRNA-transfected CD8+ T lymphocytes

anti-HER2/topoisomerase I inhibitor ADC GQ1005

Toraymyxin

denintuzumab mafodotin

gp100:154-162 peptide vaccine

pegylated granulocyte colony stimulating factor MAXY-G34

Doptelet

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germline mutation

MLPA

unclassified variant

Southern blot

polymorphism

polymerase chain reaction

band

pseudogene

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