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nerve-sparing surgery

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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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lymphomatous leptomeningitis

AMH

leiomyoma

tipranavir sodium

addiction

tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 10B

stage IV HPV-negative oropharyngeal cancer

specificity

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pan-mutant-selective PI3K-alpha inhibitor RLY-5836

bromelains

CD73 inhibitor LY3475070

autologous dendritic cell/myeloma fusion vaccine

vaccine-sensitized draining lymph node cells

acenocoumarol

heat shock factor 1 pathway inhibitor NXP800

Urolene Blue

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family cancer syndrome

clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential

nonpenetrance

frameshift mutation

poikiloderma

throughput

incomplete penetrance

genotyping

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