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oncotarget

oncotarget noun: the target of a cancer therapy.

Noun

oncotarget (plural oncotargets)

  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 ].2015 April 12, Meichun Hu et al., “Lycorine is a novel inhibitor of the growth and metastasis of hormone-refractory prostate cancer”, in Oncotarget, volume 6

Forms of oncotarget

pluraloncotargets

Origin of oncotarget

From onco- + target.

Questions about oncotarget

What does oncotarget mean?
Oncotarget means the target of a cancer therapy.
What part of speech is oncotarget?
Oncotarget is a noun.
What is the plural of oncotarget?
The plural of oncotarget is oncotargets.

Words near oncotarget in the dictionary

  1. oncosuppressive
  2. oncosuppressor
  3. oncosuppressors
  4. oncosupressor
  5. oncosurgical
  6. oncotarget
  7. oncotargets
  8. oncotherapeutic
  9. oncotherapies
  10. oncotherapy
  11. oncotic

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