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Pronunciation: /prəˈspɛktɪv/

prospective

Definition

In medicine, a study or clinical trial in which participants are identified and then followed forward in time.

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cell type

dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor

stage IV HPV-negative oropharyngeal cancer

PEG-rhMGDF

lymphedema

pelvis

labial mucosa

paresthesia

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lentivirus vector CCR5 shRNA/TRIM5alpha/TAR decoy-transduced autologous CD34-positive hematopoietic progenitor cells

allogeneic cellular vaccine 1650-G

Amyvid

PTEF-b/CDK9 inhibitor VIP152

NA-17/MAGE-3.A2/NY-ESO-1 peptide vaccine

Dynacin

anti-CCR8 monoclonal antibody SRF114

Wee1 kinase inhibitor Debio 0123

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new variant

presymptomatic testing

DNA

FISH

sumLOD score

screening

multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

frameshift mutation

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