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Pronunciation: /ˈpɑrʃəl nephrectomy*/

partial nephrectomy

Definition

Surgery to remove part of one kidney or a kidney tumor, but not an entire kidney.

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anaplastic lymphoma kinase positive

antiepileptic

clinical trial

BMS-182751

comprehensive cancer center

organism strain

cardiology

PNU 166148

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T-regulatory cell-enriched donor cells

autologous melanoma lysate/KLH-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine

therapeutic invariant natural killer T cells

COX-2 inhibitor ECP-1014

astatine At 211 anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody OKT10-B10

anti-GITR monoclonal antibody MK-4166

deoxycholic acid

HLA-DP0401/0402-restricted, MAGE-A3-reactive T cell receptor-transduced autologous T cells

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depth of coverage

PRS

epigenetics

phenocopy

constitutional DNA

hereditary cancer syndrome

late or variable onset

CNV

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