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Pronunciation: /laɪˈgeɪʃən/

ligation

Definition

The process of tying off blood vessels so that blood cannot flow to a part of the body or to a tumor.

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axillary dissection

NR-LU-10 antigen

mirvetuximab soravtansine

FOLFIRI-bevacizumab

alkalinity

stage 0 squamous cell carcinoma

Alymsys

extragonadal germ cell tumor

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NMT inhibitor PCLX-001

autologous anti-CD19CAR-4-1BB-CD3zeta-EGFRt-expressing T lymphocytes

orphenadrine citrate

derma-membrane-structure topical cream

heparin sodium

HER-2-neu, CEA peptides, GM-CSF, Montanide ISA-51 vaccine

leukemic apoptotic corpse-pulsed autologous dendritic cells

uniformly-labeled [13C]fructose

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recurrence risk

TNBC

germline mutation

transcription

nucleotide

gonadal mosaicism

translation

depth of coverage

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