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Pronunciation: /mæˈstɛktəmi/

mastectomy

Definition

Surgery to remove part or all of the breast. There are different types of mastectomy that differ in the amount of tissue and lymph nodes removed.

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urothelial cancer

metabolic syndrome

Cyramza

lymphoepithelioma

cribriform

fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 gene

MSI-H cancer

stage IV nonmelanoma skin cancer on the head and neck (not on the eyelid)

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risedronate sodium

RK-0202

fentanyl matrix transdermal patch

Claravis

autologous CD20-4SCAR-expressing T cells 4SCAR20

Cortispray

anti-CD47 monoclonal antibody HMPL-A83

fibroblast-activation protein inhibitor

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WES

splice-site mutation

risk assessment

autosomal recessive inheritance

negative predictive value

trichilemmoma

first-degree relative

genome-wide association study

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