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Pronunciation: /ˈpɑrʃəl nephrectomy*/

partial nephrectomy

Definition

Surgery to remove part of one kidney or a kidney tumor, but not an entire kidney.

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endorectal ultrasound

vascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor

chronic heart failure

aldosterone

docetaxel-cisplatin-fluorouracil

polyp

SR-29142

SGN-40

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FMS inhibitor JNJ-40346527

anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody TL011

nanoparticle albumin-bound thiocolchicine dimer nab-5404

autologous anti-CD19/CD20 CAR T cells KITE-363

selective estrogen receptor degraderLSZ102

simlukafusp alfa

anti-5T4 antibody-drug conjugate PF-06263507

Vistide

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autosomal recessive inheritance

massively parallel sequencing

trichilemmoma

synchronous cancer

mosaicism

chromosome

kindred

sebaceous epithelioma

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