oesophageal cancer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoesophagealandcancer
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oesophageal
adjective
uk/ɪˌsɒf.əˈdʒi.əl/us/ɪˌsɑːf.əˈdʒi.əl/
relating to the oesophagus (= the tube that takes food from the mouth to ...
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cancer
noun
uk/ˈkæn.sər/us/ˈkæn.sɚ/
a serious disease that is caused when cells in the body grow in a way that is uncontrolled and not normal, killing normal cells and often ...
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It quickly became apparent that a considerable amount of background knowledge underlies theoesophagealcancernetwork.
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Surgical resection with or without preoperative chemotherapy inoesophagealcancer: a randomised controlled trial.
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Inoesophagealcancer, the emphasis is on the restoration of swallowing.
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In fact, the same assumption also underlies theoesophagealcancernetwork.
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Our domain ofoesophagealcancerincludes various dynamic relations between attribute values.
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Studying the structural relations in the domain ofoesophagealcancerresulted in a number of hierarchies.
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A detailed investigation of the dynamic relations in the domain ofoesophagealcancerrevealed several regularities.
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This value reflects our previous assumption that a patient is known to be suffering fromoesophagealcancer.
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By incorporating the ontology into the documentation of theoesophagealcancernetwork, the knowledge in the application domain is documented explicitly.
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In the domain ofoesophagealcancer, for example, the pathological process of metastasis via the blood vessels may result in a secondary tumour in the liver.
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We decided, however, to represent explicitly the pathological processes that play an important role in the domain ofoesophagealcancerand in the communication with our domain experts.
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In our domain ofoesophagealcancer, for example, a gastroscopic examination, that is, letting a camera into the oesophagus, may reveal the length of the primary tumour.
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Bayesian belief network for congenital heart disease and are currently using the procedure in the construction of a large decision-theoretic network for treatment planning for patients withoesophagealcancer.
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The need for a fourth thoracic surgeon will be kept under review in light of anticipated increases in the lung andoesophagealcancerworkload.
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Nitrosamines, formed in cured meats containing sodium nitrate and nitrite, have been linked to gastric cancer andoesophagealcancer.
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A 2010 study suggests that the risk ofoesophagealcancerincreased with 10 or more prescriptions for oral bisphosphonates and with prescriptions over about a five-year period.
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