Cancer staging
Process of determining the extent of cancer spread / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cancer staging is the process of determining the extent to which a cancer has grown and spread. A number from I to IV is assigned, with I being an isolated cancer and IV being a cancer that has metastasized and spread from its origin. The stage generally takes into account the size of a tumor, whether it has invaded adjacent organs, how many regional (nearby) lymph nodes it has spread to (if any), and whether it has appeared in more distant locations (metastasized).
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Purpose | Determining the extent to which a cancer has developed |
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