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Pronunciation: /ˈriʤənəl ˈkænsər/

regional cancer

Definition

Refers to cancer that has grown beyond the original (primary) tumor to nearby lymph nodes or organs and tissues.

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percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage

Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome

human papillomavirus vaccine

humanized monoclonal antibody MEDI-522

glutamine

stage II pancreatic cancer

grade I ductal carcinoma in situ

Plummer-Vinson syndrome

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transferrin receptor-targeted anti-RRM2 siRNA CALAA-01

clevudine

oncolytic herpes simplex virus-1-encoding GM-CSF

monoclonal antibody CC49-delta CH2

Panzem

trebananib

phenoxybenzamine hydrochloride

estradiol/norethindrone acetate tablet

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germline mutation

de novo mutation

trisomy

genomic imprinting

sumLOD score

segregation analysis

clinical utility

loss of heterozygosity

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