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Active surveillance monitoring: the role of novel biomarkers and imaging

“CANCER” is a disease state that leads to progressive illness that is uniformly fatal without treatment. Hippocrates invoked the Greek word karkinos, or “crab,” to describe tumors he observed. For centuries, “CANCER” remained a disease that was recognized primarily in its locally advanced or metasta...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ward, John F, Eggener, Scott E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4814962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26112488
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1008-682X.156858
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Sumario:“CANCER” is a disease state that leads to progressive illness that is uniformly fatal without treatment. Hippocrates invoked the Greek word karkinos, or “crab,” to describe tumors he observed. For centuries, “CANCER” remained a disease that was recognized primarily in its locally advanced or metastatic stage, when it was almost uniformly fatal.