The figure was about 95% if the original testicular primary tumor had contained no teratomatous elements.
The drug did not prevent the spread or recurrence of the original tumor.
The primary, or original, tumor is usually named for the part of the body or the type of tissue in which the cancer begins.
In the mediastinum, the lung cancer tends at first to stay on the side where the original tumor started.
But the Minniches say they worry about the delay in learning the original tumor was malignant.
The original tumor usually spreads to the jaws through Batson's paravertebral plexus.
The T category describes the original (primary) tumor.
No one yet can fully explain why an original tumor may not be found during a patient's life.
Multifocality within a single organ (e.g., multiple tumors in the same breast all of which have risen from one original tumor).
Recurrence within a bone graft (following resection of the original tumor) does occur, but is less common.