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alveol

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small sac

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cac

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bad

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carcin

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cancer

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cauter

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burn

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chem

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chemical

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cry

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cold

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cyst

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sac of fluid

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fibr

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fibers

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follicul

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small glandular sacs

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fung

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fungus

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medulla

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soft inner part

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mucos

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mucous membrane

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mut

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genetic change

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mutagen

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causing genetic change

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necr

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death

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neur

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nerve

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onc

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tumor

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papill

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nipple-like

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plas

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formation

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ple

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many

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polyp

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polyp

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prot

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first

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radi

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rays

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sarc

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flesh

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scirrh

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hard

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xer

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dry

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-blastoma

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immature tumor

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-genesis

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formation

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-oma

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tumor

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-plasia

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formation

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-plasm

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formation

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-suppression

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to stop

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-therapy

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treatment

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ana-

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backward

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apo-

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off

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brachy-

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short

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epi-

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upon

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meta-

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beyond

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neo-

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new

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tele-

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far

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AFP

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alpha-fetoprotein

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bcr

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breakpoint cluster region

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BMT

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bone marrow transplantation

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bx

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biopsy

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CA

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cancer

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CAR T-cell

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chimeric antigen receptor T cell

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CEA

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carcinoembryonic antigen

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cGy

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centigray

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chemo

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chemotherapy

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CR

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complete response

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CSF

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colony-stimulating factor

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DNA

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deoxyribonucleic acid

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EGFR

A

epidermal growth factor receptor

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ER

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estrogen receptor

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EPO

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erythropoietin

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FNA

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fine needle aspiration

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5-FU

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5-fluorouracil

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Ga

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gallium

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GIST

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gastrointestinal stromal tumor

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Gy

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gray

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H&E

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hematoxylin and eosin

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HER2

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growth factor gene highly activated in cells of certain types of breast cancer

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IGRT

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intensity-modulated gated radiation
therapy

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IHC

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immunohistochemistry

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IMRT

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intensity-modulated radiation therapy

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IO

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Immuno-oncology

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IORT

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intraoperative radiation therapy

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Mets

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metastases

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mAB

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monoclonal antibody

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NED

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no evidence of disease

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NF

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neurofibromatosis

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NHL

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non-Hodgkin lymphoma

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NSCLC

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non-small cell lung cancer

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Pap smear

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Papanicolaou smear

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PD

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progressive disease

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PR

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partial response

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prot.

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protocol

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PSA

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prostate-specific antigen

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PSCT

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peripheral stem cell transplantation

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PSRS

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proton stereotactic radiosurgery

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RNA

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ribonucleic acid

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RT

A

radiation therapy

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SD

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stable disease

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TNM

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tumor-node-metastasis

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VEGF

A

vascular endothelial growth factor

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RT/XRT

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radiation therapy

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