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Pronunciation: /ˌtrænsfərˈmeɪʃən/

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In medicine, the change that a normal cell undergoes as it becomes malignant.

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ovarian epithelial cancer

drug tolerance

stage III kidney cancer

COL7A1 gene

pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and hyaluronidase

co-culture

child-life specialist

PXD101

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anti-GCC antibody-drug conjugate MLN0264

ginsenosides supplement

alirocumab

folitixorin

indium In 111-DOTA-exendin-4

Carvykti

CHP-HER-2 peptide vaccine

autologous gamma delta T-cell receptor-expressing T cells TEG002

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triple-negative breast cancer

SNP

segregation analysis

incomplete penetrance

nail dystrophy

chromosomal instability

MSI

familial

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