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Pronunciation: /əˈtrɪbjətəbəl rɪsk/

attributable risk

Definition

Proportion of a disease in exposed individuals that can be attributed to an exposure. In the context of genetic studies, the “exposure” is the frequency of a specific genetic variant.

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bilateral nephrectomy

nonpenetrance

CT-guided biopsy

non-AIDS-defining cancer

M200

bone densitometry

CALR gene

G6PD deficiency

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Sporanox

CD137L/Epstein-Barr virus-targeting autologous dendritic cell vaccine

fluorouracil-e therapeutic implant

HLA-A*2402-restricted VEGFR1 peptide vaccine

sargramostim plasmid DNA melanoma vaccine adjuvant

carrageenan-containing gel

Prolutin

lipid nanoparticle encapsulated self-replicating RNA encoding human IL-12 STX-001

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X-linked recessive inheritance

next-generation sequencing

single nucleotide variant

tumor DNA sequencing

synchronous cancer

variant of uncertain significance

antioncogene

multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

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