upstaging

n.the rear part of the stage

v.

treat snobbishly, put in one's place

move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience

steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else

"When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"

Upstaging based solely on positive peritoneal washing does not affect outcome in endometrial cancer.
Upstaging of atypical ductal hyperplasia after vacuum-assisted 11-gauge stereotactic core needle biopsy
A delay in radical nephroureterectomy can lead to upstaging.
Upstaging of urothelial cancer at the time of radical cystectomy: factors associated with upstaging and its effect on outcome
A national study of nodal upstaging after thoracoscopic versus open lobectomy for clinical stage I lung cancer
Prognostic Significance of Molecular Upstaging of Paraffin-Embedded Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Melanoma Patients
Molecular upstaging based on paraffin-embedded sentinel lymph nodes: ten-year follow-up confirms prognostic utility in melanoma pati...
Comparative Analysis of Nodal Upstaging Between Colon and Rectal Cancers by Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping: A Prospective Trial
A precystectomy decision model to predict pathological upstaging and oncological outcomes in clinical stage T2 bladder cancer
Takeuchi H, Morton DL, Kuo C, Turner RR, Elashoff D, Elashoff R et al.Prognostic significance of molecular upstaging of paraffin-emb...