tumour volume
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftumourandvolume
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tumour
noun[C]
uk/ˈtʃuː.mər/us/ˈtuː.mɚ/
a mass of diseased cells that might become a lump or ...
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volume
noun
uk/ˈvɒl.juːm/us/ˈvɑːl.juːm/
the amount of space that is contained within an object or ...
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(Definition oftumourandvolumefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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No correlation was found between the severity of the complication, prescription dose andtumourvolume.
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Eight of these patients demonstrated >25% reduction intumourvolume, with two complete, three partial and three minor responses.
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Our analysis suggests that at the onset of quiescence the quiescent volume expands rapidly whilst the totaltumourvolumeremains approximately constant.
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Thus, (2.15) states that the rate of increase of thetumourvolumeis equal to the net tumour cell proliferation rate.
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Target volume included preoperative grosstumourvolumewith 15 mm radial margin and a vertical margin of two vertebral bodies superiorly and inferiorly.
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Thus, on administration, the cancer volume might initially continue to increase prior to the desired therapeutic reduction intumourvolume(this is known as the lag phase).
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This can be overcome with the use of beams from multiple angles which centre on the tumour, allowing the dose to accumulate within thetumourvolume.
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Combined with external beam radiotherapy a high conformal dose can be delivered to the grosstumourvolume and potential paths of microscopic spread are treated using external beam component.
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Specific areas of concern that are mentioned are the identification of tumour volumes, reproducibility of treatment, issues of tumour resistance and tumour recurrence.
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Accurate localisation of tumour volumes onto the simulator film is crucial, if not performed correctly target volumes could include too much normal tissue, miss part of the tumour or both.
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