MedicalTerminology DB
General Medical Terms Cancer & Oncology

objective improvement

Meaning of objective improvement: An improvement that can be measured by the health care provider (for example, when a tumor shrinks or there are fewer cancer cells in the blood).

Definition of objective improvement

An improvement that can be measured by the health care provider (for example, when a tumor shrinks or there are fewer cancer cells in the blood).

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