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Pronunciation: /ˈtumər ˈbərdən/

tumor burden

Definition

Refers to the number of cancer cells, the size of a tumor, or the amount of cancer in the body. Also called tumor load.

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retracted nipple

yohimbe

negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy

osteopenia

monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis

PI-88

recombinant human papillomavirus bivalent vaccine

L-3,5,5’-tetraiodothyronine

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PI3K-alpha inhibitor JS105

eritoran tetrasodium

amivantamab and recombinant human hyaluronidase

IBgard

[18F]-ML-10

autologous nectin-4/FAP-targeted CAR-T cells

recombinant MIP1-alpha variant ECI301

cathepsin-cleavable NIR substrate probe 6QC-ICG

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affected individual

hereditary predisposition

allelic heterogeneity

PCR

epigenetic variant

skin tag

SNP

translation

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