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Cancer Words You Need to Know
Medically Reviewed by Jabeen Begum, MD on August 28, 2023
Abnormal Growths
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Adjuvant Therapy
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Angiogenesis Inhibitors
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Antiemetic
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Biologic Therapy
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Biomarker
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Biopsy
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Brachytherapy
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Carcinogen
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Chemotherapy
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Clinical Trial
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Consolidation Therapy
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Cycle
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"-ectomy"
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Grade
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Hormone Therapy
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Imaging
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Infusion
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Lymphedema
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Metastasize
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Monoclonal Antibodies
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Neutropenia
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Neuropathy
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"-oma"
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Oncology
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Palliative Therapy
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Protocol
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Radiation Therapy
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Remission
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Stage
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Tumor
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