oncomodulation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
onco- + modulation
Noun[edit]
oncomodulation (uncountable)
- The modification of the course of a cancer.
- 2011 December, Alexander Kofman, “The roles of viruses in brain tumor initiation and oncomodulation”, in Journal of Neuro-Oncology, volume 105, number 3, page 451:
- We will review the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), by now one of relatively better studied herpesviruses, which spectrum of activities may be considered as a prototype for oncomodulation, and compare its pro-oncogenic properties with those of human herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 (HSV) and herpes lymphotropic virus (HHV-6).