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fluoropyrimidine

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Pronunciation: /fluoropyrimidine*/

fluoropyrimidine

Definition

Any fluoropyrimidine-based agent with potential antineoplastic activity. As an antimetabolite, a fluoropyrimidine interferes with pyrimidine utilization and incorporation into DNA and RNA.

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stage I childhood non-Hodgkin lymphoma

stage IVC nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus cancer

stage I adenosarcoma of the uterus

all-trans retinoic acid

computed tomography colonography

lavender

chyle

Institutional Review Board

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trans sodium crocetinate

Pamolyn 300

Forfivo XL

Ficus septica leaf-based supplement FADA

Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

VSV-GP-based cancer vaccine VSV-GP154

dimerizing agent-regulated immunoreceptor complex-expressing CD33-specific autologous CAR T cells SC-DARIC33

chlorhexidine gluconate skin cleanser

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genome-wide association study

variant of unknown significance

founder variant

genotyping

point mutation

domain

point variant

compound heterozygosity

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