unresectable cancer

Surgical oncology A malignancy which can't be surgically removed, due either to the number of metastatic foci, or because it is in a surgical danger zone. See Heroic surgery.

Unresectable cancer

A tumor that cannot be completely removed by surgery.

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S-1 monotherapy is considered a second- or third-line chemotherapy for unresectable cancer [7].

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The report suggests that a number of oncology small molecule drugs are getting approvals, which are potentially effective in treating unresectable cancers, which clearly points to a positive growth outlook for the oncology small molecule drugs market.

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These new strategies of combining complementary treatments now apply not only to patients with unresectable cancers but also to those with resectable disease, for whom, according to current evidence, neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy improve survival.

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