glossary:primary_cancer_tumor
A tumor that is at the original site where it first arose. For example, a primary brain tumor is one that arose in the brain as opposed to one that arose elsewhere and metastasized (spread) to the brain. The original tumor is sometimes called “the primary.”
Common Misspellings: primary tumour, primary tumur
See Also:
* My Life with Lymphedema and lymphoma
Cervical cancer, breast, ovarian cancer
Secondary Lymphedema in the cancer patient
Hodgkins Disease or Hodgkins Lymphoma
glossary/primary_cancer_tumor.txt · Last modified: 2012/10/16 14:40 (external edit)
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