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Hormone receptor test

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-003959

A test to measure the amount of certain proteins, called hormone receptors, in cancer tissue. Hormones can attach to these proteins. A high level of hormone receptors may mean that hormones help the cancer grow.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-003959
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-003959",
  "term": "Hormone receptor test",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A test to measure the amount of certain proteins, called hormone receptors, in cancer tissue. Hormones can attach to these proteins. A high level of hormone receptors may mean that hormones help the cancer grow.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/hormone-receptor-test/"
}

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