metastatic disease
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmetastaticanddisease
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metastatic
adjective
uk/ˌmet.əˈstæt.ɪk/us/ˌmet̬.əˈstæt̬.ɪk/
relating to metastasis (= the spread of a disease, especially cancer, from the place where it started in ...
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disease
noun
uk/dɪˈziːz/us/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
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Canmetastaticdiseasebe treated or prevented?
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Metastaticdiseaseis still associated with a poor prognosis.
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We can now analyse the molecular basis of initiation, invasion and progression tometastaticdisease.
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Preclinical models have produced promising results, demonstrating significant tumour regression and reduction ofmetastaticdisease.
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However, a subgroup of patients with limitedmetastaticdiseasemay benefit from more aggressive local treatment.
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Similarly, this drug can be highly effective even in women who initially present withmetastaticdisease.
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In patients with locally advanced ormetastaticdisease, around a third are treated with palliative chemotherapy.
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Using data on distant recurrences, we also performed subgroup analysis on patients withmetastaticdisease.
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A desire to be normal often draws women withmetastaticdiseaseto each other.
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Obviously the presence of occultmetastaticdiseaseis the real problem.
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Women are also likely to experience a decline in daily activity after being diagnosed withmetastaticdisease.
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For the group progressing tometastaticdisease, lifetime was estimated for the different starting points in the model.
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Some clinicians prefer to start hormone treatment as soon as there is evidence of local spread ormetastaticdisease.
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Qualitative research can give medical professionals valuable information about the kind of support women withmetastaticdiseaseneed.
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Given the nature ofmetastaticdisease, immunotherapies seem particularly well suited for the treatment of this disseminated disease state.
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The inhibition of bone resorption should therefore have an effect on the development and progression ofmetastaticdisease.
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This review covers current vector delivery systems and gene therapy strategies for the treatment of cancer andmetastaticdisease.
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Metastaticdiseaseto the liver and lung are found in some although not all mice with mammary adenocarcinomas.
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The women were also likely to experience a decline in daily activity after being diagnosed withmetastaticdisease.
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The main limitations in treatingmetastaticdiseaseinclude poor vector transduction efficiencies and difficulties in targeting remote tumour cells with systemic vector delivery.
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For patients alive after 10 years, the probability of havingmetastaticdiseasewas 19%, 42%, and 74%, respectively, for well-, moderately, and poorly differentiated cancers.
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