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residual disease

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Pronunciation: /rɪˈzɪʤuəl dɪˈziz/

residual disease

Definition

Cancer cells that remain after attempts to remove the cancer have been made.

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Rituxan Hycela

cannabidiol

venous catheter

cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor

clear cell adenocarcinoma

muscle relaxant

3-D mammography

pertuzumab

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oral azacitidine

anti-CEA/Anti-4-1BB bispecific antibody BGB-B167

cefoxitin sodium

lutetium Lu 177 ludotadipep

PI3K/mTOR inhibitor LY3023414

DPT/BCG/measles/Serratia/pneumococcus vaccine

zelavespib

Bcl-2 inhibitor TQB3909

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DNA

pedigree

nonsense mutation

logarithm of the odds score

splice-site variant

new variant

massively parallel sequencing

acrochordon

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