Sentences with phrase «tumor staging system»

The new edition for the tumor staging system has numerous updates, including building up the prognostic stage group of tumors for the first time and adding a large number of non-anatomical factors into the prognostic evaluation.

The traditional tumor staging system (TNM classification) provides limited prognostic information, and does not predict response to therapy.

Not exact matches

«The traditional staging system does not account for the total volume of disease or baseline tumor burden,» Dr. Joseph says.

In the TNM staging system, cancer is assigned a letter that describes the tumor, node, and metastasis, and a number that designates its growth and spread into nearby tissue, lymph nodes, or distant organs.

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It seems that you are only interested in when someone is in the hospital with stage 4 metastatic cancer, and what can the hospital sell you to temporarily decrease the tumors until the cancer returns with your immune system shot and kills you.

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