downstaging

English

Etymology

From down- +‎ stage +‎ -ing.

Noun

downstaging (usually uncountable, plural downstagings)

  1. (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, →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.
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