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Pronunciation: /də ˈnoʊvoʊ/

de novo

Definition

In cancer, the first occurrence of cancer in the body.

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human papillomavirus DNA test

Neumega

prostaglandin E1

physician assistant

Castleman disease

tibia

90Y-ibritumomab tiuxetan

stage III papillary and follicular thyroid cancer (55 years and older)

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anti-mesothelin antibody-drug conjugate BMS-986148

zalutumumab

suvemcitug

Neptazane

fluorodopa F 18

substance P-saporin

Sandostatin pamoate LAR

retrovirus vector LN

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negative predictive value

homozygous genotype

genome-wide association study

cutaneous lichen amyloidosis

first-degree relative

aneuploidy

genomic imprinting

locus

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