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tumor burden

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tumor burden
n.
The total mass of tumor tissue carried by an individual with cancer.


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These include: the pathological stage of the bladder tumor, extent of the lymphadenectomy and nodal tumor burden.
In addition, any attempt to remove the tumor burden via a transcervical approach will be complicated and risky because exposure of vital structures is limited.
6,7) The other major theme that has emerged from the studies reporting successful treatment of advanced NSCLC was that patients with low metastatic tumor burden (either a single site or limited nodal spread) did well with complete gross resection.
 
 
 
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