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Pronunciation: /ˈoʊpən resection*/

open resection

Definition

Surgery to remove part or all of an organ or a tumor and nearby lymph nodes. The incision is large enough to let the surgeon see into the body.

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hereditary cancer syndrome

hydrocephalus

drug therapy

Gardasil

sleeve resection

Dukes C colorectal cancer

T-cell receptor

Accolate

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Goodbelly Probiotic

Candida albicans antigen injection

CSF-1R inhibitor BLZ945

green tea-based mouth rinse

carbutamide

fenretinide lipid matrix

recombinant interleukin-6

autologous anti-CD19 CAR TCR-zeta/4-1BB-transduced T lymphocytes huCART19

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reduced penetrance

heterogeneity logarithm of the odds score

allelic heterogeneity

clinical validity

gonadal mosaicism

metachronous cancer

multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

genetic anticipation

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