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Pronunciation: /rəˈfræktəri/

refractory

Definition

In medicine, describes a disease or condition that does not respond to treatment.

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hyperalimentation

Barrett esophagus

EKB-569

CDK inhibitor AT7519M

prophylactic

complete remission

EGD

childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia risk group system

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selatinib ditosilate

p38 MAPK inhibitor LY2228820 dimesylate

selective estrogen receptor degrader LX-039

KRAS G12C inhibitor BPI-421286

autologous anti-BCMA CD8+ CAR T cells Descartes-11

selumetinib sulfate

vitamin K1-containing urea skin cream

edotecarin

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epigenetic variant

sensitivity

oral papilloma

consent process

hereditary predisposition

family cancer syndrome

massively parallel sequencing

unclassified variant

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