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Pronunciation: /ˈɛfɪˌkæsi/

efficacy

Definition

Effectiveness. In medicine, the ability of an intervention (for example, a drug or surgery) to produce the desired beneficial effect.

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EPO906

scintigraphy

BAP1 gene

fedratinib hydrochloride

pancreatic endocrine cancer

blood circulation

benzydamine

stage II testicular cancer

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anti-CD38-CAR-TCRz/4-1BB-expressing T lymphocytes

Chinese herbal formulation LC09

crenolanib

PI3K-gamma inhibitor HS248

oncolytic Herpes simplex virus-1 expressing anti-CTLA-4 antibody-like molecule and GM-CSF RP2

ethosuximide

anti-EGFRvIII immunotoxin MR1-1

genetically modified interleukin-12 transgene-encoding Bifidobacterium longum

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next-generation sequencing

carrier rate

logarithm of the odds score

disease-causing mutation

negative predictive value

sumLOD score

sebaceous epithelioma

LOH

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