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Adjectival Hyphens

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"Pre-treatment staging"

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"Pre-treatement staging combines the aforementioned TNM staging with tumour location into four stages¹:"

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Number Comparisons

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"b: > 5 cm in diameter"

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"b: > 5 cm in diameter"

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"> 1 cm by CT or MRI"

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Strong List Colon Position

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"Ia: initial tumour confined to organ of origin or muscle"

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"Ib: initial tumour demonstrated local extension"

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"IIa: microscopic disease, node negative"

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"IIb: complete resection, node positive"

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"IIc: microscopic disease, node positive"

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"IIIa: biopsy only"

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"IIIb: incomplete resection"

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Acronyms

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"Rhabdomyosarcoma staging is based on a combination of a modified TNM staging system and clinical grouping. These comprise a combination of pretreatment staging and postoperative clinical grouping¹."

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"Preoperative staging combines TNM staging (tumour size and extent and nodal and distant metastatic disease) as well as location¹:"

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"TNM"

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"Pre-treatement staging combines the aforementioned TNM staging with tumour location into four stages¹:"

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"TNM:"

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"TNM:"

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"TNM:"

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"TNM:"

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List Caps

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"Tumour (T)"

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"Nodes (N)"

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"Nx: clinical status of regional nodes unknown"

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"T1a or T2a"

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"T1a or T2a, N1, M0; or"

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"T1b or T2b, N0, N1, Nx, M0"

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Illusions

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"Post surgical clinical grouping, based on the the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study (IRS) clinical grouping system¹."

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Headings Valid

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Expected headings

H1 Terminology
H1 Usage
H1 Epidemiology
H2 Risk factors
H2 Associations
H1 Clinical presentation
H2 Complications
H1 Diagnosis
H2 Diagnostic criteria
H2 Diagnostic clues
H1 Pathology
H2 Aetiology
H2 Location
H2 Classification
H2 Macroscopic appearance
H2 Microscopic appearance
H2 Immunophenotype
H2 Markers
H2 Genetics
H1 Radiographic features
H2 Plain radiograph
H2 Mammography
H2 Antenatal ultrasound
H2 Transoesophageal echocardiography
H2 Ultrasound
H2 CT
H3 Dual-energy CT
H2 Angiography (DSA)
H2 MRI
H2 CT/MRI
H2 Nuclear medicine
H3 PET-CT
H3 PET-MRI
H1 Radiology report
H1 Treatment and prognosis
H2 Complications
H1 History and etymology
H1 Differential diagnosis
H2 Clinical differential diagnosis
H1 Practical points
H1 See also

"Pre-treatment staging"

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"TNM"

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"Staging"

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"Postsurgical clinical grouping"

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Oxford Comma

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"N0, N1 or Nx"

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Semicolons

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"T1a or T2a, N1, M0; or"

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