Regional Recurrence

When a cancerous tumor has been removed surgically - as is standard procedure with cancer of the breast or lung - it may return in a nearby or related part of the body. It also may have metastasized - spread - to those areas. This phenomenon is known as regional recurrence. Generally, regional recurrence refers to metastases to neighboring lymph nodes.

Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer Glossary of Medical Terms

A
- Anxiety
- Arrhythmia
- Asbestos
- Asbestos Exposure
- Asbestos Fibers
- Asbestosis
- Ascites
- Aspiration
B
- Benign
- Biomarker
- Biopsy
- Biphasic Mesothelioma
- Brachytherapy
- Bronchi
- Bronchopleural Fistula
- Bronchoscopy
C
- Cachexia
- Cancer
- Cancer Center
- Cancer Support Groups
- Carcinogenic
- Cardiologist
- Catheter
- Chemotherapy
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Pain
- Cisplatin
- Clinical Trial
- Complete Response / Complete Remission
- Crocidolite
- CT / CAT Scan
- Cytology
D
- Decortication
- Depression
- Diagnosis
- Diaphragm
- Dyspnea
E
- Echocardiogram
- Empyema
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Epidural Catheter
- Epithelial
- Esophagus
- External Beam Radiation
- Extrapleural Pneumonectomy
F
- Fatigue
- FDA
- Fibrosis
G
- Gene Therapy
H
- Health Maintenance Organization / HMO
- Hemoptysis
- Hemorrhage
- Hospice
- Hyperthermic / Heated Chemoperfusion
- Hypnosis
- Hypnotherapist
I
- Immune Function
- Immunostaining
- Immunotherapy
- Informed Consent In Clinical Trials
- Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
- Interferon
- Invasive Cancer
L
- Laparoscope
- Larynx
- Latency Period
- Linear Accelerator
- Lung Cancer
- Lymphatic Vessels / System
- Lymph Nodes
- Lymphocyte
M
- Malignant Seeding
- Massage
- Mediastinoscopy
- Medication
- Mesothelioma
- Mesothelium
- Metastasis
- Metastasis--Recurrence
- Molecularly Targeted Therapy
- MRI / Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Multimodal Therapy / Treatment
N
- Narcotic
- Nausea
- Necrosis
- Needle Biopsy
- Neuropathy
O
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Oncologist
- Oncology Nursing Specialist
- Opiates
P
- Paracentesis
- Parietal Pleura
- Pathologist
- Pathology Report
- Pemetrexed
- Peptide
- Pericardial Mesothelioma
- Pericardium
- Peritoneal Mesothelioma
- Peritoneoscopy
- Peritoneum
- Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL)
- PET (Positron Emission Tomography) Scan
- Photodynamic Therapy
- Platelets
- Pleura
- Pleural Cavity
- Pleural Effusion
- Pleural Fluid
- Pleural Mesothelioma
- Pleurectomy (Decortication)
- Pleurodesis
- Pneumonectomy
- Pneumonitis
- Primary Care Doctor
- Prognosis
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Function Test
- Pulmonary Therapy
Q
- Quantitative Lung Perfusion Scan
R
- Radiation Therapy
- Radiologist
- Radiology
- Radionuclide Scan
- Recurrence (Cancer)
- Referral
- Regional Recurrence
- Remission
- Respirator
- Risk Factor
S
- Sarcomatoid
- Chrysotile Asbestos
- Side Effects
- Staging
- Standard of Care / Standard Therapy
- Stress
- Supportive Care
- Surgery
- Symptom
T
- Thoracentesis
- Thoracic
- Thoracoscopy
- Thoracotomy
- Trachea
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) Therapy
- Tumor
V
- Visceral Pleura
W
- White Blood Cell
- Workup
X
- X-Ray

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