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Pronunciation: /fluoropyrimidine*/

fluoropyrimidine

Definition

One of a group of substances used to treat cancer. A fluoropyrimidine is a type of antimetabolite. Examples are capecitabine, floxuridine, and fluorouracil (5-FU).

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stage IIIB intraocular melanoma of the ciliary body and choroid

PDGFRA gene

Hepzato

scientific review panel

duloxetine hydrochloride

psychosocial

rare disorder

ductal intraepithelial neoplasia

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anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody 609A

TLR7 agonist RO7119929

personalized neoantigen-specific T lymphocytes NEO-PTC-01

tadalafil

sipjeondaebo-tang

allogeneic IL13-zetakine/HyTK-expressing-glucocorticoid resistant cytotoxic T lymphocytes GRm13Z40-2

alpha V beta 8 antagonist PF-06940434

anti-MICA/MICB monoclonal antibody CLN-619

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segregation analysis

cutaneous leiomyoma

microsatellite

multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

fluorescence in situ hybridization

copy number variant

nonsense variant

deoxyribonucleic acid

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