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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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incisional biopsy

Zortress

Karnofsky Performance Status

Lupron Depot

endothelin-1 protein receptor antagonist

companion diagnostic test

panhypopituitarism

negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy

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allogeneic CD16-expressing natural killer cells CYNK-101

apoptosis inducer GCS-100

WT1 235-243 peptide vaccine

anti-mesothelin CAR vector-transduced T lymphocytes

MCL-1 inhibitor ABBV-467

anti-CD47 monoclonal antibody HMPL-A83

Sutent

antibody-drug conjugate ABBV-176

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epigenetic alteration

germline mosaicism

trinucleotide repeat

TDR

single nucleotide polymorphism

reduced penetrance

cutaneous leiomyoma

cascade testing

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