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Pronunciation: /resection*/

resection

Definition

Surgery to remove tissue or part or all of an organ.

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R101933

gastric atrophy

OSI-7904L

follicular thyroid cancer

brivanib alaninate

Innohep

scattered fibroglandular breast tissue

chiasma

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autologous anti-mesothelin TCR-expressing T cells FH-TCR TMSLN

guadecitabine

afamelanotide

sapablursen

technetium Tc 99m galactosyl human serum albumin

TSP-1 mimetic fusion protein CVX-045

recombinant macrophage colony-stimulating factor

autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocytes C-TIL052A

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incomplete penetrance

sister chromatid exchange

cascade screening

hypomelanosis

cutaneous leiomyoma

new mutation

whole exome sequencing

microsatellite instability

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