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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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Danyelza

stage II adult Hodgkin lymphoma

cortisone

recombinant human interleukin-11

silicone

Castleman disease

johimbe

ZD4054

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autologous CT7/MAGE-A3/WT1 mRNA-electroporated Langerhans-type dendritic cells

Indocin

topoisomerase I inhibitor LMP400

R. glutinosa/P. suffruticosa/S. chinensis/A. cochinchinensis/P. armeniaca/S. baicalensis/S. sessilifolia herbal supplement HL301

RET inhibitor TAS0953/HM06

therapeutic cancer vaccine ATP152

mecobalamin

taragarestrant

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autosomal recessive inheritance

clinical validity

point variant

haplotype

affected individual

VUS

penetrance

trisomy

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