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salvage therapy

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Pronunciation: /ˈsælvɪʤ ˈθɛrəpi/

salvage therapy

Definition

Treatment that is given after the cancer has not responded to other treatments.

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Mullerian tumor

serosa

distant recurrence

eligibility criteria

antigen-presenting cell vaccine

HCT

copayment

Provenge

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interferon beta-secreting mesenchymal stem cells

MAGE-A3/HPV 16 peptide vaccine

saponin-based immunoadjuvant OBI-821

Pepaxto

recombinant human papillomavirus 14-valent vaccine SCT1000

Engerix-B

poziotinib

alkaline water

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splice-site variant

summary logarithm of the odds score

chromosomal instability

de novo mutation

positive predictive value

missense mutation

reduced penetrance

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