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Pronunciation: /rɪˈspɑns reɪt/

response rate

Definition

The percentage of patients whose cancer shrinks or disappears after treatment.

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colposcopy

sedative

CI-994

radioactive drug

plasma cell myeloma

Paxil

alisertib sodium

pharmacogenetics

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acitretin

anti-NY-ESO1 TCR-transduced autologous CD62L+-derived T lymphocytes

lipid nanoparticle encapsulating mRNAs encoding human OX40L/IL-23/IL-36gamma mRNA-2752

Xyotax

dihydrolenperone

WT1 124-138 peptide vaccine

anti-CD73 monoclonal antibody CPI-006

iodine 131-6-beta-iodomethyl-19-norcholesterol

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inherited predisposition

gonadal mosaicism

family cancer syndrome

segregation analysis

phenotype

informative

missense mutation

epigenetics

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