TPO
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| Term | TPO |
| Short definition | TPO - A substance in the body that helps make blood cells, particularly platelets. A laboratory-made form of TPO is known as recombinant human TPO and rHu-TPO. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
TPO - A substance in the body that helps make blood cells, particularly platelets. A laboratory-made form of TPO is known as recombinant human TPO and rHu-TPO. TPO is being studied as a way to increase blood platelet counts in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Also called thrombopoietin
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