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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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hyperplasia

thrombocytopenia

tremelimumab

DDS

von Hippel-Lindau syndrome

respiratory syncytial virus

GBM

laparoscopic-assisted resection

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folate receptor alpha-loaded dendritic cell vaccine

copper Cu 64 SAR-bombesin

natalizumab

anti-BTN3A agonistic monoclonal antibody ICT01

autologous anti-GPC3 CAR T lymphocytes JWAT204

avatrombopag maleate

autologous tumor cell vaccine

adenosine A2A receptor antagonist CS3005

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somatic mutation

noncarrier

NPV

whole genome sequencing

penetrance

epigenetic variant

nonsense mutation

MSI

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