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Pronunciation: /rəˈgrɛʃən/

regression

Definition

A decrease in the size of a tumor or in the extent of cancer in the body.

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elesclomol sodium

implantable pump

toxemia

biological response modifier therapy

palifermin

mosunetuzumab

central nervous system

lymph

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allogeneic natural killer cells CHM 0201

anti-CEACAM6 AFAIKL2 antibody fragment/Jack Bean urease immunoconjugate L-DOS47

BRD4 protein degrader RNK05047

Wee1 kinase inhibitor Debio 0123

leukemic apoptotic corpse-pulsed autologous dendritic cells

cyanocobalamin/dexamethasone/gentamicin/procaine formulation

MAGE-A3/HPV 16 peptide vaccine

autologous CT7/MAGE-A3/WT1 mRNA-electroporated Langerhans-type dendritic cells

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ER-negative PR-negative HER2/neu-negative breast cancer

NGS

fibrofolliculoma

de novo mutation

heritability

positive predictive value

massively parallel sequencing

SNV

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