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Estrogen receptor test

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-003006

A lab test to find out if cancer cells have estrogen receptors (proteins to which estrogen will bind). If the cells have estrogen receptors, they may need estrogen to grow, and this may affect how the cancer is treated.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-003006
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-003006",
  "term": "Estrogen receptor test",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A lab test to find out if cancer cells have estrogen receptors (proteins to which estrogen will bind). If the cells have estrogen receptors, they may need estrogen to grow, and this may affect how the cancer is treated.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/estrogen-receptor-test/"
}

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