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Pronunciation: /bɪˈnaɪn/

benign

Definition

Not cancer. Benign tumors may grow larger but do not spread to other parts of the body. Also called nonmalignant.

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stage IV perihilar bile duct cancer

Zevalin

chimerism

dihematoporphyrin ether

Zinecard

radioimmunotherapeutics

ProstaScint scan

septicemia

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vancomycin

autologous prostate cancer antigen-expressing dendritic cell vaccine BPX-101

adrenocorticotropic hormone

lirilumab

adipose-derived regenerative cells

lidocaine mixture with tribenoside

autologous MUC1-mannan fusion protein pulsed dendritic cell vaccine

crovalimab

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multigene panel test

cytogenetics

founder mutation

clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential

NPV

LOH

HLOD score

trinucleotide repeat

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