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downstaging

noun

downstaging

noun

Etymology From down- + stage + -ing.

1

Medicine, Oncology, Sciences Usually A reduction in the stage of a cancer, from a more to a less threatening stage.

  • The goal of downstaging is to decrease the size and number of tumors in patients who do not meet the criteria for transplantation on initial evaluation.2014, Nicholas J. Zyromski, Handbook of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, →ISBN:

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