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Pronunciation: /ˈpælpəbəl dɪˈziz/

palpable disease

Definition

A term used to describe cancer that can be felt by touch, usually present in lymph nodes, skin, or other organs of the body such as the liver or colon.

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robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy

stage III adrenocortical cancer

peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma pathway

glandular tissue

isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 gene

hepatitis A virus

resistant cancer

bone scan

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Recombivax HB

UPASITA

iodine I 123 ADAM

CpG oligodeoxynucleotide GNKG168

TGF-beta receptor 1 kinase inhibitor SH3051

neoantigen-based therapeutic cancer vaccine GRT-C903

Viagmox

oncolytic adenovirus ICOVIR5-infected allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells

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germline mosaicism

germline

Sanger sequencing

autosomal

logarithm of the odds score

whole genome sequencing

deoxyribonucleic acid

clinical utility

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