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Pronunciation: /hyperfractionation*/

hyperfractionation

Definition

A treatment schedule in which the total dose of radiation or chemotherapy is divided into small doses and treatments are given more than once a day.

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digital image analysis

stage IB non-small cell lung cancer

plastic surgeon

BSS

spinal cord

phototherapy

extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma

vitamin B3

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ER alpha-targeting chimeric protein degrader AC682

corticosteroid-containing eye drop

indibulin

autologous anti-mesothelin T-cell receptor fusion construct/PD-1:CD28 switch receptor-expressing T cells TC-510

anti-HER2/PBD-MA antibody-drug conjugate DHES0815A

4′-iodo-4′-deoxydoxorubicin

anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody SYN004

allogeneic virus-specific T lymphocytes R-MVST

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reduced penetrance

germline mutation

WES

LOD score

epigenetics

late or variable onset

affected individual

LD

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