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Pronunciation: /ˌæpɪnˈdɛktəmi/

appendectomy

Definition

Surgery to remove the appendix (small finger-shaped pouch at the end of the first part of the large intestine).

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tumor burden

mega-voltage linear accelerator

laryngectomy

outcome

shoulder blade

tumor-agnostic therapy

Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network

transitional cell cancer

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seribantumab

allogeneic iC9/CD19-CAR-CD28-zeta-2A-IL15-transduced cord blood-derived natural killer cells TAK-007

cofetuzumab pelidotin

anti-c-Met antibody-drug conjugate TR1801

non-small cell lung cancer mRNA-derived vaccine CV9201

Prokine

Estrace

anti-CD20 B9E9 scFv-streptavidin fusion protein

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insertion

carrier frequency

cytogenetics

sumLOD score

unclassified variant

consultand

genotyping

compound heterozygosity

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