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Pronunciation: /rɪˈspɑns reɪt/

response rate

Definition

The percentage of patients whose cancer shrinks or disappears after treatment.

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stage I esophageal adenocarcinoma

circulating tumor cell

microflora

contrast esophagram

neurofibromatosis type 1-like syndrome

disease

stage 0 laryngeal carcinoma in situ

oxygen

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alpha/beta T-cell/CD19+ B-cell-depleted unrelated or partially matched donor-derived allogeneic peripheral blood stem cells

midostaurin

anti-CD30 antibody-drug conjugate SGN-35T

CXCR4-modified anti-BCMA CAR T cells

Elspar

topical myristyl nicotinate cream

tubercidin

cytokine-treated veto cells

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haploinsufficiency

consent process

double heterozygosity

TDR

point variant

polymerase chain reaction

translocation

carrier frequency

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