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tumour marker

noun

B2CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

A substance measured in blood or tissue whose level can indicate the presence or activity of a cancer.

We monitor her CA-125 as a tumour marker to track response to treatment.

Topic: Oncology in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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