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CHEMOSENSITIVITY-ASSAY

check date: 24/08/2001
checker: Pamela
originator: Claudia
origination date: 22/09/2000
subject field: medicine: diagnostic procedure

Conceptual Structures
ISAINVASIVE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST
ANCESTORSALL
DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
INVASIVE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST
MEDICAL-SERVE
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
WORK-ACTIVITY
RELATIONSCONDITION-OF : CHEMOTHERAPY
DESCRIBES : TISSUE

English
chemosensitivity assayterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: test performed on cancerous tissue removed from a patient to assess its vulnerability to a variety of chemotherapy drugs. It is a very expensive examination. Many oncologists are not convinced. (en)
context (x): I_chemas.txt

origination date: 14/01/2002
originator: Arianne

Spanish
prueba de quimiosensibilidadterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
gender: feminine
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: prueba que se realiza en el tejido canceroso de un paciente para comprobar su vulnerabilidad a una serie de fármacos de quimioterapia. Se trata de una prueba muy costosa y de difícil aceptación entre los oncólogos. (es)