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Tumor initiation

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-008962

A process in which normal cells are changed so that they are able to form tumors. Substances that cause cancer can be tumor initiators.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-008962
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-008962",
  "term": "Tumor initiation",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A process in which normal cells are changed so that they are able to form tumors. Substances that cause cancer can be tumor initiators.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/tumor-initiation/"
}

Record 16,815 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.