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Pronunciation: /bɪˈnaɪn ˈtumər/

benign tumor

Definition

A growth that is not cancer. It does not invade nearby tissue or spread to other parts of the body.

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whole-brain radiation therapy

hormone receptor test

OHRP

labial mucosa

sex cord tumor

pluripotent

vaginal dilation therapy

diphosphonate

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MKC-1

fluorine F 18 piflufolastat

anti-CA19-9 monoclonal antibody 5B1

Rou Cong Rong

PPE-expressing replication-defective HSV-1 vector NP2

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

bevacizumab-IRDye 800CW

asparaginase

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genetic marker

linkage analysis

single nucleotide variant

pathognomonic

risk assessment

heterozygous genotype

epimutation

Sanger sequencing

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