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clinical utility

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-001837

A term that refers to the likelihood that a test will, by prompting an intervention, result in an improved health outcome. The clinical utility of a genetic test is based on the health benefits related to the interventions offered to individuals with positive test results.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-001837
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-001837",
  "term": "clinical utility",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A term that refers to the likelihood that a test will, by prompting an intervention, result in an improved health outcome. The clinical utility of a genetic test is based on the health benefits related to the interventions offered to individuals with positive test results.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/clinical-utility/"
}

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