There is growing evidence that tumor size may not matter much.

For example, a 1982 trial of 175 patients found tumor size had increased in all but one patient.

Tumor size may not correlate with the stage of cancer.

This decline in tumor size may sound trivial, but it is not.

These defects are related to tumor size, location, and treatment method.

The tumor sizes shrank by half, on average, he said.

The tumor size and how much it has spread.

It may be used to reduce the tumor size before surgery or to control symptoms until other treatments start working.

We also observed that average tumor size was inversely related to age.

If the treatment is effective, we expect the tumor size for many of the patients to be smaller following the treatment.