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silymarin

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Pronunciation: /silymarin*/

silymarin

Definition

A substance obtained from milk thistle seeds that is being studied in the prevention of liver damage caused by certain cancer treatments.

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testosterone flare

chloroquinoxaline sulfonamide

survival rate

bone-seeking radioisotope

resectable

perihilar cholangiocarcinoma

cytotoxic T cell

saturated fat

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nandrolone decanoate

anti-VISTA monoclonal antibody W0180

Havrix

autologous anti-HER2 CAR T cells

pegylated granulocyte colony stimulating factor MAXY-G34

lymphodepleted autologous CD4-directed CAR T cells

CD30 CAR-expressing autologous T lymphocytes

zanidatamab

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SNV

founder mutation

germline DNA

single nucleotide polymorphism

MSI

single nucleotide variant

trinucleotide repeat

third-degree relative

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