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Pharmacogenomics

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-006581

The study of how a person’s genes affect the way he or she responds to drugs. Pharmacogenomics is being used to learn ahead of time what the best drug or the best dose of a drug will be for a person. Also called pharmacogenetics.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-006581
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymspharmacogenetics
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006581",
  "term": "Pharmacogenomics",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The study of how a person’s genes affect the way he or she responds to drugs. Pharmacogenomics is being used to learn ahead of time what the best drug or the best dose of a drug will be for a person. Also called pharmacogenetics.",
  "synonyms": [
    "pharmacogenetics"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/pharmacogenomics/"
}

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