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(VY-roh-THAYR-uh-pee)
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| Treatment using a virus that has been changed in the laboratory to find and destroy cancer cells without harming healthy cells. It is a type of targeted therapy. Also called oncolytic virotherapy, oncolytic virus therapy, and viral therapy. |
Previous Definitions: | Vioxx, viral, viral oncolysate, viral therapy, viral vector | Next Definitions: | virtual colonoscopy, virulence, virulent, Virulizin, virus |
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