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Pronunciation: /kəmˈplit riˈmɪʃən/

complete remission

Definition

The disappearance of all signs of cancer in response to treatment. This does not always mean the cancer has been cured. Also called complete response.

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breast-conserving surgery

snuff tobacco

TNF-bound colloidal gold

glioneuronal tumor

biochemist

vibro-acoustography imaging

stromal tissue

acute radiation syndrome

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stavudine

recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisia-CEA(610D) vaccine GI-6207

antigen-presenting cells-expressing HPV16 E6/E7/CD86/mbIL-2/mbIL-12 SQZ-eAPC-HPV

resiniferatoxin

ATR inhibitor ART0380

Contrave

SIRP-alpha Fc fusion protein IMM01

ramosetron hydrochloride

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onychodystrophy

double heterozygosity

predisposing mutation

X-linked recessive inheritance

nonsense variant

translation

whole exome sequencing

multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

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