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metachronous cancer

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-005301

A term used to describe a new or second primary cancer that develops months or years after a first primary cancer, either in the same organ or in a different organ.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-005301
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-005301",
  "term": "metachronous cancer",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A term used to describe a new or second primary cancer that develops months or years after a first primary cancer, either in the same organ or in a different organ.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/metachronous-cancer/"
}

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