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Pronunciation: /ɛks reɪ ˈθɛrəpi/

x-ray therapy

Definition

A type of radiation therapy that uses high-energy radiation from x-rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.

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mafosfamide

tarlatamab

high-risk cancer

prednisolone

lisinopril

Daurismo

hypercalcemia

plasma cell neoplasm

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anti-EGFRvIII/CD3 bispecific antibody hEGFRvIII:CD3 bi-scFv

METTL-3 inhibitor STC-15

tigecycline

autologous anti-GPRC5D CAR-T cells OriCAR-017

allogeneic CD20 CAR-grafted gamma delta T cells ADI-001

anti-NKG2A monoclonal antibody Sym025

sipuleucel-T

rilimogene galvacirepvec

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plantar pit

sebaceoma

frameshift mutation

presymptomatic testing

epigenetic variant

sebaceous epithelioma

autosomal recessive inheritance

cytogenetics

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