Insulin-like growth factor
| Insulin-like growth factor | |
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| Term | Insulin-like growth factor |
| Short definition | insulin-like growth factor (IN-suh-lin-wie grothe FAK-ter) An endogenous protein that stimulates the growth of many cell types. Insulin-like growth factor is similar to insulin (a hormone made in the pancreas). |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
insulin-like growth factor - (pronounced) (IN-suh-lin-wie grothe FAK-ter) An endogenous protein that stimulates the growth of many cell types. Insulin-like growth factor is similar to insulin (a hormone made in the pancreas). There are two forms of insulin-like growth factor called IGF-1 and IGF-2. Higher than normal levels of IGF-1 can increase the risk of several types of cancer. Insulin-like growth factor is a type of growth factor and a type of cytokine. Also called IGF and Somatomedin
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