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State cancer registry
>Monitor cancer trends over time. >Determine cancer patterns in various populations. >Guide planning and evaluation of cancer control programs (eg, determine whether prevention, screening, and treatment efforts are making a difference)…
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- Fragile site A term devised in 1969 by Frederick Hecht to denote a heritable point on a chromosome where gaps and breaks…
- Genetic disease Genetic disease: A disease caused by an abnormality in an individual's genome. There are a number of…
- Neoplastic Pertaining to a neoplasm or neoplasia. See those terms for more information.
- Retardation, reading Reading retardation means impaired ability to read. Reading retardation is an impairment that may, for…
- Value, Daily See Daily Value
- Surgical menopause Menopause: Menopause induced by surgery. Surgical menopause is a type of induced menopause: menopause due to…
- Syndrome, Ramsay Hunt See: Ramsay Hunt syndrome
- Scan, bone A technique to create images of bones on a computer screen or on film. A small amount of radioactive material…
- Zoonosis An infectious disease in animals that can be transmitted to people. The natural reservoir for the infectious…
- Cyclooxygenase-1 inhibitor See: Cox-1 inhibitor
- Orientation, anatomic terms of See Anatomic terms of orientation