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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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tumor volume

antigen-presenting cell

gemcitabine-cisplatin regimen

olfactory neuroblastoma

vaccinated

bariatric surgery

serrated polyp

Naropin

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autologous GPC3/NY-ESO-1/AFP-specific CD8-positive T lymphocytes

cyanocobalamin/dexamethasone/gentamicin/procaine formulation

Mavyret

Tempostatin

anti-CTLA-4 monoclonal antibody KD6001

recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 4

brivaracetam

anti-EGFR/c-Met bispecific antibody CKD-702

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third-degree relative

locus

SDR

genotyping

TNBC

massively parallel sequencing

multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

deletion

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