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downstaging
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From
down-
+
stage
+
-ing
.
Noun
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downstaging
(
usually
uncountable
,
plural
downstagings
)
(
oncology
)
A
reduction
in the
stage
of a
cancer
, from a more to a less threatening stage.
Antonym:
upstaging
Hypernym:
restaging
2014
, Nicholas J. Zyromski,
Handbook of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
[1]
,
→ISBN
:
The goal of
downstaging
is to decrease the size and number of tumors in patients who do not meet the criteria for transplantation on initial evaluation.