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Standard medical care

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-008273

Treatment that is accepted by medical experts as a proper treatment for a certain type of disease and that is widely used by health care professionals. Also called best practice, standard of care, and standard therapy.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-008273
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsbest practice; standard of care; standard therapy
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-008273",
  "term": "Standard medical care",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Treatment that is accepted by medical experts as a proper treatment for a certain type of disease and that is widely used by health care professionals. Also called best practice, standard of care, and standard therapy.",
  "synonyms": [
    "best practice",
    "standard of care",
    "standard therapy"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/standard-medical-care/"
}

Record 15,619 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.