"Tumor Burden" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The total amount (cell number, weight, size or volume) of tumor cells or tissue in the body.
| Descriptor ID |
D047368
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.041.124.892
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| Concept/Terms |
Tumor Burden- Tumor Burden
- Burden, Tumor
- Tumor Load
- Load, Tumor
- Loads, Tumor
- Tumor Loads
Tumor Weight- Tumor Weight
- Tumor Weights
- Weight, Tumor
- Weights, Tumor
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2011 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 2012 | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| 2013 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| 2014 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2015 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2016 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| 2017 | 2 | 17 | 19 |
| 2018 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2019 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2020 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2021 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tumor Burden" by people in Profiles.
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B7-H3 CAR T Cells Are Effective against Ependymomas but Limited by Tumor Size and Immune Response. Clin Cancer Res. 2025 Sep 02; 31(17):3754-3770.
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Impact of NOTCH1 expression in primary breast adenoid cystic carcinoma. J Clin Pathol. 2025 Jul 18; 78(8):548-553.
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Sequelae and Surgical Management of Giant Cardiac Myxoma. Tex Heart Inst J. 2025 Jan-Jun; 52(1):e248413.
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Radiation Therapy Dose Escalation Failed to Improve Local Control for Intermediate-Risk Rhabdomyosarcoma on ARST1431: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2025 Sep 01; 123(1):54-62.
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Accuracy of pre-operative tumor size assessment compared to final pathology and frequency of adjuvant treatment in patients with FIGO 2018 stage IB2 cervical cancer. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2024 12 02; 34(12):1861-1866.
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Does pre-irradiation gross tumor volume predict the risk of progression after radiation therapy in pediatric patients with adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma? J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2024 Dec 01; 34(6):642-648.
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Development of an artificial intelligence-based model to predict early recurrence of neuroendocrine liver metastasis after resection. J Gastrointest Surg. 2024 Nov; 28(11):1828-1837.
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Clinical Validation of Mathematically Derived Early Tumor Dynamics for Solid Tumors in Response to Durvalumab. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2024 07; 8:e2300254.
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Multi-modal segmentation with missing image data for automatic delineation of gross tumor volumes in head and neck cancers. Med Phys. 2024 Oct; 51(10):7295-7307.
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Response of treatment-naive brain metastases to stereotactic radiosurgery. Nat Commun. 2024 May 02; 15(1):3728.