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Loko-regionalt

English translation: locoregional

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Swedish term or phrase:loko-regional
English translation:locoregional
Entered by: Nina Engberg

04:10 May 21, 2002
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Medical / Breast cancer
Swedish term or phrase: Loko-regionalt
Kombination av lokalt och regionalt?? Låter som en typisk läkarterm....

Kontext:
"Loko-regionalt inget avvikande"
"Loko-regionalt recidivfri"
Nina Engberg
United States
Local time: 11:39
locoregional
Explanation:
1)
"the characteristic of a disease-producing organism to transfer
itself, but typically to the same region of the body (a leg, the
lungs, ...)"

2)
"Background: Irradiation after mastectomy can reduce locoregional recurrences in women with breast cancer, but whether it prolongs survival remains controversial."
Selected response from:

Mario Marcolin
Sweden
Local time: 19:39
Grading comment
Tackar ödmjukast!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3locoregional
Mario Marcolin


  

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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
locoregional


Explanation:
1)
"the characteristic of a disease-producing organism to transfer
itself, but typically to the same region of the body (a leg, the
lungs, ...)"

2)
"Background: Irradiation after mastectomy can reduce locoregional recurrences in women with breast cancer, but whether it prolongs survival remains controversial."


    Reference: http://www.galaxyofhealth.com/dictionary/dictionaryl.html
    Reference: http://www.ama-assn.org/special/womh/library/scan/vol_3/no_2...
Mario Marcolin
Sweden
Local time: 19:39
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 249
Grading comment
Tackar ödmjukast!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  EKM
20 mins
agree  Sven Petersson
4 hrs
agree  Arthur Borges
7 hrs
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