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Prospective is in medicine, a study or clinical trial in which participants are identified and then followed forward in time. Clinical trial is a type of research study that tests how well new medical approaches work in people. These studies test new methods of screening, prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a disease. Also called clinical study. Clinical, having to do with the examination and treatment of patients. Cancer is a term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues. Cancer cells can also spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems. There are several main types of cancer. Carcinoma is a cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs. Sarcoma is a cancer that begins in bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue. Leukemia is a cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of abnormal blood cells to be produced and enter the blood. Lymphoma and multiple myeloma are cancers that begin in the cells of the immune system. Central nervous system cancers are cancers that begin in the tissues of the brain and spinal cord. Also called malignancy.
Preview- It`s been discovered that, cancer doctors, like physicians generally, have been taught that prospective clinical trials are the gold standard of medical research, and cant be replaced by a retrospective analysis of outcomes. Analysis is a process in which anything complex is separated into simple or less complex parts. Retrospective, looking back at events that have already taken place.
- It is obvious that, BACKGROUND For patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer, prospective randomized clinical trials have reported no added value of surgical resection to chemoradiation alone. Esophageal, having to do with the esophagus, the muscular tube through which food passes from the throat to the stomach. Resection, surgery to remove tissue or part or all of an organ. Chemoradiation, treatment that combines chemotherapy with radiation therapy. Also called chemoradiotherapy. Esophageal cancer, cancer that forms in tissues lining the esophagus (the muscular tube through which food passes from the throat to the stomach). Two types of esophageal cancer are squamous cell carcinoma (cancer that begins in flat cells lining the esophagus) and adenocarcinoma (cancer that begins in cells that make and release mucus and other fluids).
- One can assume that, assessment of Suspected Breast Cancer by MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) A Prospective Clinical Trial Using a Combined Kinetic and Morphologic Analysis. Breast, glandular organ located on the chest. The breast is made up of connective tissue, fat, and breast tissue that contains the glands that can make milk. Also called mammary gland. Breast cancer, cancer that forms in
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