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Pronunciation: /psa* vəˈlɑsəti/

PSA velocity

Definition

A measurement of how fast PSA levels in the blood increase over time. A high PSA velocity may be a sign of prostate cancer and may help find fast-growing prostate cancers.

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therapeutic (subthreshold) electrical stimulation

epidermal growth factor

insulin-like growth factor receptor

levonorgestrel

node-positive

connexin gene

film mammography

stage II transitional cell cancer of the renal pelvis and ureter

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autologous anti-kappa light chain CAR-CD28-expressing T lymphocytes

Maalox

psoralen

anti-VEGFR2-CAR retroviral vector-transduced autologous T lymphocytes

neoantigen DNA-based pancreatic cancer vaccine

sirtratumab vedotin

denifanstat

recombinant adenovirus-hIFN-beta

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PRS

linkage disequilibrium

cutaneous leiomyoma

nonpenetrance

incomplete penetrance

homozygous genotype

carrier frequency

tumor DNA sequencing

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