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proliferative index

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-006958

A measure of the number of cells in a tumor that are dividing (proliferating). May be used with the S-phase fraction to give a more complete understanding of how fast a tumor is growing.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-006958
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006958",
  "term": "proliferative index",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A measure of the number of cells in a tumor that are dividing (proliferating). May be used with the S-phase fraction to give a more complete understanding of how fast a tumor is growing.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/proliferative-index/"
}

Record 13,693 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.