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salvage therapy

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Pronunciation: /ˈsælvɪʤ ˈθɛrəpi/

salvage therapy

Definition

Treatment that is given after the cancer has not responded to other treatments.

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tissue-agnostic therapy

proliferative index

sign

methylprednisolone

carcinomatous meningitis

scalpel

stage IVC salivary gland cancer

metronomic chemotherapy

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anti-PD-1/anti-4-1BB bispecific antibody IBI-319

expanded/activated gamma/delta T lymphocytes

anti-PD-L-1/anti-OX-40 bispecific antibody EMB-09

carcinoembryonic antigen peptide 1-6D virus-like replicon particles vaccine

autologous Ad-CD154-transduced CLL B cells

firmonertinib

IRE1 RNase inhibitor ORIN1001

clindamycin/hydrocortisone lotion

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gonadal mosaicism

noninferiority study

noncarrier

microsatellite instability

nonpenetrance

NGS

homozygous genotype

sister chromatid exchange

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