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high-risk cancer

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Pronunciation: /haɪ rɪsk ˈkænsər/

high-risk cancer

Definition

Cancer that is likely to recur (come back), or spread.

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uterus

familial diffuse gastric cancer

Community Advisory Board

calcitonin

ethical will

paraneoplastic syndrome

jejunum

IGF-1R inhibitor OSI-906

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BRAF V600E inhibitor HLX208

famitinib

ATR inhibitor ATG-018

Innohep

autologous alpha-PNE switchable CAR T cells CLBR001 and CD19-specific adapter molecule SWI019

zinc finger nuclease ZFN-603

Phosphoral

sotigalimab

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whole exome sequencing

attributable risk

nail dystrophy

first-degree relative

genetic heterogeneity

copy number variant

germline

germline DNA

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