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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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radiation nurse

tanespimycin

PV

MTS

trastuzumab

BuMel

mitolactol

GEM 231

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selective glucocorticoid receptor antagonist CORT125281

cathepsin-cleavable NIR substrate probe 6QC-NIR

MVX-1-loaded macrocapsule/autologous tumor cell vaccine MVX-ONCO-1

Elidel

recombinant tumor necrosis factor alpha-thymosin alpha 1 fusion protein

naxitamab-gqgk

KRAS G12C inhibitor IBI351

engineered IL-12 variant/aluminum hydroxide complex ANK-101

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NGS

assisted reproductive technology

trinucleotide repeat

first-degree relative

point variant

unclassified variant

phenotype

carrier frequency

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