TIL

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-008709",
  "term": "TIL",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A type of immune cell that has moved from the blood into a tumor. TILs can recognize and kill cancer cells. In cancer therapy, TILs are removed from a patient’s tumor, grown in large numbers in a laboratory, and then given back to the patient to help the immune system kill the cancer cells. Also called tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte.",
  "expansions": [
    "tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/til/"
}