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Downstaging

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Noun
  1. 1
    A reduction in the stage of a cancer, from a more to a less threatening stage. uncountable, usually

    "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."

Etymology

From down- + stage + -ing.

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