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Pronunciation: /cachexia*/

cachexia

Definition

Loss of body weight and muscle mass, and weakness that may occur in patients with cancer, AIDS, or other chronic diseases.

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total skin electron beam radiation therapy

positron emission tomography-magnetic resonance imaging scan

artery

small-molecule drug

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

pump

ataxic gait

case-control study

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Aurora kinase/FLT3 inhibitor EP0042

transdermal 4-hydroxytestosterone

henatinib maleate

letrozole

cilastatin sodium

BET/CBP/p300 inhibitor EP31670

autologous anti-NY-ESO-1 mTCR retroviral vector-transduced PBLs

Hodgkin’s antigens-GM-CSF-expressing cell vaccine

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trisomy

nonsense variant

single nucleotide variant

DNA

inconclusive result

point variant

somatic variant

risk assessment

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