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Biostatistics

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-001077

The science of collecting and analyzing biologic or health data using statistical methods. Biostatistics may be used to help learn the possible causes of a cancer or how often a cancer occurs in a certain group of people. Also called biometrics and biometry.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-001077
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsbiometrics; biometry
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-001077",
  "term": "Biostatistics",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The science of collecting and analyzing biologic or health data using statistical methods. Biostatistics may be used to help learn the possible causes of a cancer or how often a cancer occurs in a certain group of people. Also called biometrics and biometry.",
  "synonyms": [
    "biometrics",
    "biometry"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/biostatistics/"
}

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