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Pronunciation: /thoracotomy*/

thoracotomy

Definition

An operation to open the chest.

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S-phase fraction

hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome

zanubrutinib

cost sharing

stage 0 Merkel cell carcinoma in situ

IBMFS

apalutamide

NF-kappa B

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microbiome-derived peptide vaccine EO4010

apixaban

anti-CD38 scFv/Anti-DOTA scFv fusion protein CD38-SADA

tocotrienol-rich fraction

pan-selectin antagonist GMI-1070

TLR7 agonist BNT411

autologous tumor-associated antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes

PV701

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unaffected individual

recurrence risk

genetic susceptibility

gonadal mosaicism

MSI

Ashkenazi Jews

genomic imprinting

genetic anticipation

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