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placebo therapy

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-006708

An inactive treatment that is designed to mimic as closely as possible the active treatment being studied in a clinical trial. For example, a placebo pill made of an inactive substance is given instead of the pill with the active drug.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-006708
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006708",
  "term": "placebo therapy",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "An inactive treatment that is designed to mimic as closely as possible the active treatment being studied in a clinical trial. For example, a placebo pill made of an inactive substance is given instead of the pill with the active drug.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/placebo-therapy/"
}

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