Doctors typically divide small cell lung cancer (SCLC) into limited or extensive stages, depending on whether the cancer is in one lung, both lungs, or has spread to distant areas. Staging for small ...

The new Sassun-Mayo staging system, which integrates tumor deposit and lymph node counts, improves prognostic accuracy for patients with colon cancer compared with the standard American Joint ...

Vulvar cancer is staged based on the extent it has spread. During the early stage, the cancer remains in the vulva. In its most advanced stage, the cancer has spread to distant organs and tissue.

Oropharyngeal cancer is the most common type of throat cancer. After your diagnosis, you will learn the stage of the cancer. The stage lets you know how far, if at all, the cancer has spread from the ...

Late stage (stage 3) testicular cancer has spread beyond your testicle to surrounding or distant tissues. Although it’s difficult to treat, it has a better outlook than most other types of late stage ...

When actress Christina Applegate revealed her stage 1 breast cancer diagnosis in 2008, she made a bold decision to undergo a double mastectomy despite having cancer in only one breast. Years later, ...

Ask a clinical question and tap into Healio AI's knowledge base. The size and extent of primary tumor is classified into 7 main categories – Tx, T0, Tis, T1, T2, T3 and T4. Tx is used when the primary ...