Sentences with phrase «like tumor stage»

This difference was independent of many clinical factors like tumor stage and receipt of adjuvant chemotherapy.

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Stage 3 disease may also involve more than one malignant tumor in the lung that has spread to other organs like the heart, esophagus or trachea.

DNA Detectives Find Genetic Markers for Lung Cancers Most Likely to Recur Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center uncovered clearly recognizable genetic alterations in tumors and tissue removed from patients with early - stage lung cancers that look like good predictors of which of these cancers are more likely to recur.

Advanced imaging, like (CT, MRI, PET / CT) may play a role in patient staging and is used to evaluate for pulmonary metastases and for tumor vascularity (low body fat, high blood pressure and muscle engorgement).