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    Disease Predictive Factor

    Definition 1

    Characteristics and conditions that have a bearing on the likelihood of a person developing a disease or disorder. (NCI Thesaurus)

    Definition 2

    A condition or finding that can be used to help predict whether a person's cancer will respond to a specific treatment. Predictive factor may also describe something that increases a person's risk of developing a condition or disease. (NCI Dictionary)




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