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prospective cohort study

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-006974

A research study that follows over time groups of individuals who are alike in many ways but differ by a certain characteristic (for example, female nurses who smoke and those who do not smoke) and compares them for a particular outcome (such as lung cancer).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-006974
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006974",
  "term": "prospective cohort study",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A research study that follows over time groups of individuals who are alike in many ways but differ by a certain characteristic (for example, female nurses who smoke and those who do not smoke) and compares them for a particular outcome (such as lung cancer).",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/prospective-cohort-study/"
}

Record 13,715 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.