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Pronunciation: /stərɔɪd drəg/

steroid drug

Definition

A type of drug used to relieve swelling and inflammation. Some steroid drugs may also have antitumor effects.

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extraskeletal

ABT-888

extrahepatic bile duct cancer

gastrostomy tube

Zortress

sterile

melanotropin receptor

alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma

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autologous anti-CD79a/anti-CD20 CAR T cells bbT369

mefloquine

dalpiciclib

EGFR mutant-selective inhibitor BLU-701

racemetyrosine/methoxsalen/phenytoin/sirolimus SM-88

oncolytic influenza A virus

Antitumor B Key Active Component-alpha

glucocorticoid receptor antagonist ORIC-101

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false-positive result

chromosome

deoxyribonucleic acid

uninformative result

hereditary cancer syndrome

new variant

multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

genetic heterogeneity

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