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by piyh 1050 days ago
Question from a layman:

>100% of solid tumors

Solid tumors == all cancer, or would something like a lymph node cancer not be included?

3 comments

I'm a layman too but I think this distinguishes them from blood cancer, which does not form solid clumps of cancerous mass...
I’m pretty sure you are correct. At least from the way I’ve seen it used (I took cancer biology lessons but it was more on a cellular level)
liquid cancers = blood and bone marrow cancers. Lymphomas are classified as solid.
leukemia