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Pronunciation: /prognostic* ˈfæktər/

prognostic factor

Definition

A situation or condition, or a characteristic of a patient, that can be used to estimate the chance of recovery from a disease or the chance of the disease recurring (coming back).

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chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

T cell

breast cancer resistance protein

brentuximab vedotin

recombinant vaccinia-CEA-MUC-1-TRICOM vaccine

alkylating agent

raloxifene hydrochloride

neurotoxin

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nanosomal docetaxel lipid suspension

autologous anti-BCMA-CAR-4-1BB-expressing T cells NXC-201

Cardiolite

recombinant tumor necrosis factor alpha-thymosin alpha 1 fusion protein

ningetinib tosylate

Dendrobium huoshanense granules

NA17.A2 peptide vaccine

icosapent

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X-linked recessive inheritance

specificity

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

antioncogene

assisted reproductive technology

nonsense variant

unaffected individual

de novo mutation

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