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retinyl palmitate

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Pronunciation: /ˈrɛtɪnəl palmitate*/

retinyl palmitate

Definition

A drug that is being studied in the prevention of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called retinoids.

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malignant ascites

differentiation syndrome

computed tomographic colonography

Hashimoto thyroiditis

adenosquamous carcinoma

radical prostatectomy

cervical dysplasia

complete decongestive therapy

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Salagen

Myochrysine

allogeneic GM-CSF-secreting breast cancer vaccine

BET/CBP/p300 inhibitor EP31670

PSA/PSMA/PSCA-encoding DNA plasmid vaccine PF-06755990

ziconotide

FLT3 inhibitor HM43239

KRAS G12C inhibitor RMC-6291

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trichilemmoma

consultand

plantar pit

point variant

transcription

somatic variant

phenocopy

ER-negative PR-negative HER2/neu-negative breast cancer

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