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Pronunciation: /hypercalcemia*/

hypercalcemia

Definition

Higher than normal levels of calcium in the blood. Some types of cancer increase the risk of hypercalcemia.

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port-a-cath

music therapy

registered dietitian

cancer cell line

atypia

estrogen receptor test

posterior

whole-brain radiotherapy

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diphencyprone

OmniScan

anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody 609A

avexitide

IMREG-1

caricotamide/tretazicar

mutant p53 peptide pulsed dendritic cell vaccine

iPSC-derived CD16/IL-15RF-expressing anti-CD19 CAR-NK cells FT596

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unaffected individual

null allele

fluorescence in situ hybridization

constitutional DNA

de novo mutation

D’Amico criteria

inversion

triple-negative breast cancer

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