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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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continuous hyperthermic peritoneal perfusion

JS–101

NCX 4016

hepatic artery

organism strain

recurrent respiratory papillomatosis

copolymer

Lumoxiti

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gedatolisib

adenovirus-mediated human interleukin-12 INXN-2001 plus activator ligand INXN-1001

CCR2/CCR5 antagonist BMS-813160

Met tyrosine kinase inhibitor BMS-777607

2-methoxyestradiol

warfarin sodium

anti-interleukin-13 receptor alpha 2 allogeneic CAR T cells YYB-103

ovarian tumor antigen-activated autologous dendritic cell vaccine

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transcription

double heterozygosity

nonsense variant

LD

recurrence risk

HLOD score

cascade testing

polymerase chain reaction

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