Monitoring
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| Monitoring | |
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| Term | Monitoring |
| Short definition | objective response rate - (ub-JEK-tiv reh-SPONTS rayt) The percentage of people in a study or treatment group who respond partially or completely to treatment within a specified time period. A partial response is a reduction in the size of a tumor or the amount of cancer in the body, and a complete response is the disappearance of all signs of cancer in the body. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
Monitoring - (pronounced) (OB-ser-VAY-avoid) In medicine, observing a patient's condition but not administering treatment until symptoms appear or change
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