Oncotarget

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The target of a cancer therapy

    "Many researches confirm STAT3 as a causal role in oncogenesis, and provide validation of STAT3 as an oncotarget for cancer drug discovery [ 18 ]."

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"Many researches confirm STAT3 as a causal role in oncogenesis, and provide validation of STAT3 as an oncotarget for cancer drug discovery [ 18 ]."

Etymology

From onco- + target.

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