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Pronunciation: /məˈlɪgnənt/

malignant

Definition

A term used to describe cancer. Malignant cells grow in an uncontrolled way and can invade nearby tissues and spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph system.

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anti-idiotype vaccine

para-aminobenzoic acid

NLPHL

indolent lymphoma

indole

etiology

MP470

PARP

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copper Cu 64-PSMA-I&T

autologous interleukin-15-armored anti-glypican-3 CAR-iC9-expressing T lymphocytes

abequolixron

c-Met/FLT3/TRK/CDK8/19 inhibitor TSN084

xaliproden hydrochloride

astatine At 211 F(ab’)2 MX35

autologous MCPyV-specific HLA-A02-restricted TCR-transduced CD4+ and CD8+ T cells FH-MCVA2TCR

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

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cutaneous lichen amyloidosis

assisted reproductive technology

inherited cancer syndrome

codon

MGPT

aneuploidy

constitutional DNA

haploinsufficiency

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