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Pronunciation: /pæp/

PAP

Definition

An enzyme produced by the prostate. It may be found in increased amounts in men who have prostate cancer. Also called prostatic acid phosphatase.

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nausea

signature molecule

stage IV distal bile duct cancer

PR-104

esophagectomy

brostallicin hydrochloride

clear cell renal cell cancer

CD134

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bifunctional expression vector plasmid DNA-bi-shRNA EWS/FLI1 type 1 lipoplex

carbidopa

Bonine

IC-GREEN

GastroMARK

pregnenolone

lentivirus vector CCR5 shRNA/TRIM5alpha/TAR decoy-transduced autologous CD34-positive hematopoietic progenitor cells

pirtobrutinib

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attributable risk

mode of inheritance

incomplete penetrance

sebaceous epithelioma

germline DNA

germline variant

HLOD score

epigenetics

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