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Pronunciation: /chemotherapeutic* ˈeɪʤənt/

chemotherapeutic agent

Definition

A drug used to treat cancer.

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hypoxemia

stress

heroin

FNA biopsy

athymic nude mouse

maintenance therapy

plexiform neurofibroma

contralateral

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young autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes

anti-plectin monoclonal antibody ZB131

Stoxil

Olux-E

allogeneic glioblastoma stem-like cell line lysate-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine

plozalizumab

TGFbDNRII-transduced autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes

Orudis

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genetic predisposition

second-degree relative

microsatellite instability

proband

metachronous cancer

consultand

tumor suppressor gene

founder variant

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