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- remission
- A decrease in or disappearance of signs and symptoms of... (continued)
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- remission induction therapy
- Initial treatment with anticancer drugs to decrease the signs or... (continued)
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- remote brachytherapy
- A type of internal radiation treatment in which the radioactive... (continued)
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- REM sleep
- One of the five stages of sleep. During REM sleep,... (continued)
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- renal artery
- The main blood vessel that supplies blood to a kidney... (continued)
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- renal capsule
- The fibrous connective tissue that surrounds each kidney.
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- renal cell adenocarcinoma
- The most common type of kidney cancer. It begins in... (continued)
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- renal cell cancer
- The most common type of kidney cancer. It begins in... (continued)
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- renal cell carcinoma
- The most common type of kidney cancer. It begins in... (continued)
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- renal collecting tubule
- The last part of a long, twisting tube that collects... (continued)
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- renal failure
- A condition in which the kidneys stop working and are... (continued)
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- renal fascia
- A fibrous envelope of tissue that surrounds the kidney. Also... (continued)
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- renal function test
- A test in which blood or urine samples are checked... (continued)
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- renal glomerulus
- A tiny, round cluster of blood vessels within the kidneys.... (continued)
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- renal pelvis
- The area at the center of the kidney. Urine collects... (continued)
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- renal tubular acidosis
- A rare disorder in which structures in the kidney that... (continued)
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- Renova
- A topical preparation of tretinoin that is used to treat... (continued)
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- replicate
- To make a copy or duplicate of something.
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- replication cycle
- In biology, refers to the reproduction cycle of viruses. A... (continued)
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- reporting delay
- The time elapsed before a diagnosed cancer case is reported... (continued)
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- reproductive cell
- An egg or sperm cell. Each mature reproductive cell carries... (continued)
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- reproductive system
- The organs involved in producing offspring. In women, this system... (continued)
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- research base
- Refers to the institutions, clinical staff, and patients that can... (continued)
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- research study
- A scientific study of nature that sometimes includes processes involved... (continued)
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- resectable
- Able to be removed by surgery.