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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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Ulmus rubra

PN401

stage 0 HPV-negative oropharyngeal carcinoma in situ

TCR

bowel function

testicular sperm aspiration

World Health Organization

dark-field microscope

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antibody-drug conjugate anti-TIM-1-vcMMAE CDX-014

hu14.18-IL2 fusion protein

anti-galectin-9 monoclonal antibody LYT-200

Lumason

veledimex

zirconium Zr 89-anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody ABT-806

CDK4/6 inhibitor FCN-437

Sulfamethoprim

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polymorphism

aneuploidy

nonsense variant

disease-causing mutation

nonpenetrance

point mutation

locus heterogeneity

pathognomonic

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