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Pronunciation: /ˈtumər loʊd/

tumor load

Definition

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

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Data and Safety Monitoring Board

SNDX-275

FSH

HIV antibody test

axillary

tumor protein p53 gene

metabolite

allelic heterogeneity

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TNFerade

erlotinib hydrochloride

Activase

autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocytes C-TIL052A

Morinda citrifolia fruit extract

antigen-presenting cells-expressing HPV16 E6/E7 SQZ-PBMC-HPV

cancer peptide vaccine S-588410

BTK inhibitor HZ-A-018

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genetic heterogeneity

germline variant

gonadal mosaicism

deletion

first-degree relative

genome-wide association study

massively parallel sequencing

GWAS

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