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Refractory cancer

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-007297

Cancer that does not respond to treatment. The cancer may be resistant at the beginning of treatment or it may become resistant during treatment. Also called resistant cancer.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-007297
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsresistant cancer
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-007297",
  "term": "Refractory cancer",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Cancer that does not respond to treatment. The cancer may be resistant at the beginning of treatment or it may become resistant during treatment. Also called resistant cancer.",
  "synonyms": [
    "resistant cancer"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/refractory-cancer/"
}

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