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Pronunciation: /ˌkɑrsəˈnoʊmə/

carcinoma

Definition

Cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs.

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trisomy 21

radiation

thyroid hormone treatment

trace element

Jewett staging system

micrometastasis

copolymer

accelerated partial-breast irradiation

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anti-CD19-CAR retroviral vector-transduced autologous T cells

tilarginine

Chemoplaque

PRMT5 inhibitor JNJ-64619178

Mycobutin

senna extract

Althose

MEK inhibitor IMM-1-104

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heteroduplex analysis

ART

mosaicism

compound heterozygosity

positive predictive value

trinucleotide repeat

multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

Sanger sequencing

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