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concordant finding

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-001983

In medicine, a term that describes two or more findings that agree with one another when doing a physical exam, imaging or lab test, or a biopsy. For example, feeling a suspicious breast lump on a physical exam, having an abnormal mammogram, and finding breast cancer on a tissue biopsy are considered concordant findings. Concordant findings help confirm a diagnosis.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-001983
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-001983",
  "term": "concordant finding",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "In medicine, a term that describes two or more findings that agree with one another when doing a physical exam, imaging or lab test, or a biopsy. For example, feeling a suspicious breast lump on a physical exam, having an abnormal mammogram, and finding breast cancer on a tissue biopsy are considered concordant findings. Concordant findings help confirm a diagnosis.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/concordant-finding/"
}

Record 5,194 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.