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perifosine

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Pronunciation: /perifosine*/

perifosine

Definition

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called alkylphospholipids.

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multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome

suction aspiration

pupil

needle biopsy

hyaluronidase

hereditary papillary renal cancer

Claus model

wart

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flucytosine

darbepoetin alfa

R1 cooling gel plus R2 moisturizing/sun protecting lotion

MDM2 inhibitor KRT-232

carbon C 14 telotristat etiprate

fructooligosaccharide supplement

racemic XK469

oncolytic herpes simplex virus-1-encoding GM-CSF

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autosomal

ER-negative PR-negative HER2/neu-negative breast cancer

depth of coverage

phenotype

CHIP

attributable risk

Southern blot

melanocytic macules associated with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

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