Chapter 6: Using SAS to Generate Graphs for Tumor Response
6.1 Introduction on Tumor Response
There are more than 100 different types of cancers, and they are named for the part of the body that is affected. These cancers can be broken into several categories: carcinoma, sarcoma, leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, melanoma, brain and spinal cord tumors, as well as other types of tumors. (About Cancer: Understanding Cancer, 2015)
One of the most important features in an oncology study for solid tumors is the change in tumor burden. Tumor burden, also known as tumor load, is the amount of cancerous cells that are in the body. Essentially, tumor burden is the size of the tumor. Key endpoints for oncology studies are tumor shrinkage (objective ...
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