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Mon 24 Jan, 2011 09:44 pm
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Occult Metastases in Breast Cancer
January 19, 2011 | D.L. Weaver and Others
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1008108
The authors detected isolated tumor-cell clusters in otherwise negative nodes in 16% of women with breast cancer. The 5-year estimates of survival were 94.6% among women with occult nodal spread and 95.8% among those without occult nodal spread.
@oristarA,
What? Occult = mysterious?
Seems to me it's: Occult = hidden
@oristarA,
occult usually means subclinical in medicine.
@JPB,
umm, I see by the ad below. Thank you
@oristarA,
It does?
Reminiscent of the word occluded, meaning "hidden", as stated.
Strange usage, imho.
@McTag,
Having consulted my dictionary, you should disregard that last post. It wasn't very helpful.
Not wrong, but not helpful either.
@oristarA,
Quote:Occult = mysterious?
Note also that a "mystery" is
incomplete information.
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