Sentences with phrase «tumor size prior»

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Prior to surgery, a child may require chemotherapy treatment to reduce the size of the tumor.

It can help to slow down the growth of cancer that may have already spread, or shrink the size of a tumor prior to surgery.

Any type of prognosis for the effectiveness of treatment and the future of the disease depends upon different and varying criteria including a tumor's resistance to treatment, the cell type of the tumor, tumor stage and size, and how much the tumor has progressed prior to detection.