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Pronunciation: /metaplasia*/

metaplasia

Definition

A change of cells to a form that does not normally occur in the tissue in which it is found.

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miRNA

treatment field

expectant management

Li-Fraumeni syndrome

duodenitis

rattlesnake root

stage III papillary and follicular thyroid cancer (55 years and older)

4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide

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TBF regimen

MEK 1/2 inhibitor FCN-159

hydrazine sulfate

protein arginine methyltransferase 5 inhibitor PF-06939999

antibody-drug conjugate ABBV-176

cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor PF-06873600

Supect

BCG vaccine

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polymerase chain reaction

LOH

CNV

second-degree relative

domain

epigenetic alteration

triple-negative breast cancer

family cancer syndrome

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