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What is a 'small tumor'?

In a paper about expected survival based on, among other things, average tumor length:


"Whereas the median tumor length for Gleason scores 4 through 6 was 2.9 mm, the median length for Gleason scores 7 through 10 was 13.1 mm."


I am not a doctor, but it looks to me that that statement, plus the graphs in the article, suggest 10mm limit for small.


https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18550474/

(abstract, but you can reach the full paper from there).


Expert doctor would be the best judge.

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