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Recurrence

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-007276

Cancer that has recurred (come back), usually after a period of time during which the cancer could not be detected. The cancer may come back to the same place as the original (primary) tumor or to another place in the body. Also called recurrent cancer.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-007276
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsrecurrent cancer
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-007276",
  "term": "Recurrence",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Cancer that has recurred (come back), usually after a period of time during which the cancer could not be detected. The cancer may come back to the same place as the original (primary) tumor or to another place in the body. Also called recurrent cancer.",
  "synonyms": [
    "recurrent cancer"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/recurrence/"
}

Record 14,236 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.