----- Original Message -----
From: "Fukui, Shoko" <
shk....@gmail.com>
To: <
hon...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: organ-contained cancer
> Dear Tim
>
> Thanks for your response.
>
> I translate a text on prostate cancer. The author adds a note that it
> combines organ-contained cancer and advanced cancer.
>
Not a doctor, but I think in this case it means cancer that is restricted to
that organ (i.e., has not metastized), in contrast to advanced cancer which
would have spread to other areas of the body.
HTH.
Richard Thieme