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Pronunciation: /nərv ˈspɛrɪŋ ˈsərʤəri/

nerve-sparing surgery

Definition

A type of surgery that attempts to save the nerves near the tissues being removed.

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unilateral

endoscopic ultrasound

signal transduction inhibitor

primary cancer

MRI

somatic variant

muramyl tripeptide phosphatidylethanolamine

microflora

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MPS1 kinase inhibitor NMS-01940153E

allogeneic CD34-positive enriched peripheral blood stem cells

autologous anti-FLT3 CAR T cells AMG 553

FAK inhibitor VS-4718

Pifeltro

Allodepleted T-cell ImmunotheRapeutics

B7-DC cross-linking antibody rHIgM12B7

Recarbrio

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founder mutation

ER-negative PR-negative HER2/neu-negative breast cancer

LOD score

GWAS

novel variant

loss of heterozygosity

genetic heterogeneity

MSI

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