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Pronunciation: /breɪn ˈtumər/

brain tumor

Definition

The growth of abnormal cells in the tissues of the brain. Brain tumors can be benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer).

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samarium Sm 153

clinical research costs

yeast

kidney function test

attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis

fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 gene

AMG 162

bleomycin sulfate

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PI3K-gamma inhibitor IPI-549

EGFR inhibitor JIN-A02

BioResponse DIM

manganese-based MRI contrast agent RVP-001

autologous mDC3/8-KRAS vaccine

mutant-selective PI3K-alpha H1047R inhibitor LOXO-783

CD4-specific telomerase peptide vaccine UCPVax

anti-CCR7 antibody-drug conjugate JBH492

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surveillance

de novo mutation

chromosome

exon

CHIP

massively parallel sequencing

positive predictive value

PCR

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