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radical nephrectomy

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Pronunciation: /ˈrædɪkəl nephrectomy*/

radical nephrectomy

Definition

Surgery to remove an entire kidney, nearby adrenal gland and lymph nodes, and other surrounding tissue.

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prenatal

intoplicine

biological drug

vitreous humor

posterior

phase 2/phase 3 clinical trial

nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2

cell-to-cell signaling

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Bcl-2 inhibitor LOXO-338

FACT complex-targeting curaxin CBL0137

incyclinide

cytotoxic agent-LAT1 substrate QBS10072S

microtubule-targeted agent BAL101553

glioma lysate vaccine GBM6-AD

anti-FOLR1 antibody-drug conjugate

allogeneic natural killer cells PB103

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somatic variant

multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

copy number variant

pathognomonic

surveillance

RNA splicing

LOH

heterogeneity logarithm of the odds score

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