Invasive cervical cancer
Cancer that has spread from the surface of the cervix to tissue deeper in the cervix or to other parts of the body.
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- Inversion, chromosome
A condition in which a chromosome segment is clipped out, turned upside down, and reinserted back into the chromosome. A chromosome inversion can be inherited from one or both parents, or it may be a mutation that appears in a child whose family has no history of chromosome inversion. An inversion can be ‘balanced,’ meaning […]
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