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Doubling Time

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Doubling Time
Experimental biology The time necessary for a zygote or cells in culture to increase two-fold; the doubling time is usually longer than the average generation time of the individual cells of the population as there are growth constraints on the population—e.g., nutritional, senescence, death
Oncology A parameter used to determine tumour aggressiveness, which serves to prognosticate, measure therapeutic success, and quantify tumour kinetics and growth rate

doubling time
Oncology A parameter used to determine tumor aggressiveness, which serves to prognosticate, measure therapeutic success, and quantify tumor kinetics and growth rate. Cf Gompertzian growth curve.


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