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adoptive immunotherapy — adop·tive immunotherapy ə däp tiv n treatment esp. for cancer in which lymphocytes are removed from a patient, cultured with interleukin 2 to induce their transformation into lymphokine activated killer cells, and returned to the patient s body… … Medical dictionary
List of oncology-related terms — This is a list of terms related to oncology. The original source for this list was the U.S. National Cancer Institute s public domain Dictionary of Cancer Terms . NOTOC 1 * 10 propargyl 10 deazaaminopterin * 12 O tetradecanoylphorbol 13 acetate * … Wikipedia
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History of cancer chemotherapy — The era of cancer chemotherapy began in the 1940s with the first use of nitrogen mustards and folic acid antagonist drugs. Cancer drug development has exploded since then into a multi billion dollar industry. The targeted therapy revolution has… … Wikipedia
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