bilateral cancer

A cancer that occurs in both paired organs—e.g., both breasts, kidneys, ovaries—either synchronously or metachronously.

bilateral cancer

Oncology A cancer that occurs in both paired organs–eg, both breasts, kidneys, ovaries, etc

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Characteristics of hereditary cancer include a family with multiple relatives with the same or related cancers, early age of cancer onset, the presence of multiple primary tumors, and/or bilateral cancer.

GeneDx Introduces Advanced Genetic Test Panels for Inherited Cancer Including Breast and Colon Cancer

Candidates for hemiablative therapy are those patients with unifocal lesions and unilateral disease or patients with bilateral cancer and insignificant disease contralaterally.

Parameters predicting postoperative unilateral disease in patients with unilateral prostate cancer in diagnostic biopsy: a rationale for selecting hemiablative focal therapy candidates

A high Gleason score or bilateral cancer may preclude brachytherapy.

Nonsurgical Cryotherapy for Prostate Cancer, the 'Male Lumpectomy,' Preserves Sexual and Urinary Function in Most Men; Related Study Shows 3-D Global Mapping Biopsy Catches More Than Half of False Negatives

Bilateral cancers had lower rates of IHC usage than unilateral cancers in both groups.

Patterns in immunohistochemical usage in extended core prostate biopsies: comparisons among genitourinary pathologists and nongenitourinary pathologists

Bilateral cancers are synchronous when diagnosed at the same time or within 6 months of each other, and metachronous when they occur bilaterally at different times, i.

Unusual mammography findings in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast