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endocrine-inactive tumor

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-002804

A tumor that is found in endocrine tissue but does not make extra hormones. Endocrine-inactive tumors usually do not cause symptoms until they grow large or spread to other parts of the body. Also called nonfunctioning tumor.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-002804
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsnonfunctioning tumor
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-002804",
  "term": "endocrine-inactive tumor",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A tumor that is found in endocrine tissue but does not make extra hormones. Endocrine-inactive tumors usually do not cause symptoms until they grow large or spread to other parts of the body. Also called nonfunctioning tumor.",
  "synonyms": [
    "nonfunctioning tumor"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/endocrine-inactive-tumor/"
}

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