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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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Ki-67 score

odor

testicular germ cell tumor

parathyroid gland

financial distress

SCH-58500

darolutamide

gFOBT

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anti-PD-L1/TGF-beta bispecific antibody Y101D

allogeneic renal cell carcinoma vaccine MGN1601

apomab

muromonab-CD3

Differin

Yervoy

Bcl-2 inhibitor TQB3909

therapeutic cancer vaccine ATP152

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genetic anticipation

segregation analysis

MGPT

second-degree relative

splice-site mutation

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

variant of uncertain significance

uninformative result

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