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There are a few standard methods of comparing one cancer to another for the purposes of comparing treatments and estimating outcomes. These methods are called "staging." The most universal method is the TNM system.
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What is lung cancer staging?
Lung cancer staging involves the placement of the cancer's progression into stages, or levels. These stages help a physician study cancer and provide consistent definition levels of cancer and corresponding treatments.
What is staging of breast cancer used for?
The staging of breast cancer describes the varying level of the cancer. There are 4 stages and a few of the stages have multiple classifications based on where the cancer is found and it's size.
How is cancer staging determined?
Cancer staging considers the size of the tumor, whether it has grown into surrounding lymph nodes and whether it has spread to distant parts of the body (metastasized).
What has the author Seth A Borg written?
Seth A. Borg has written: 'Handbook of cancer diagnosis and staging' -- subject(s): Cancer, Diagnosis, Handbooks, manuals, Neoplasm Staging, Neoplasms
What information can a mediastinoscopy provide about lung cancer?
In the case of lung cancer staging, results are related to the severity and progression of the cancer.
How is the severity of a breast cancer determined?
The severity of a breast cancer is evaluated according to a complex system called staging.
What reading material is available on staging for lung cancer surgery?
Deslauriers, Jean, and Jocelyn Gregoire. "Clinical and Surgical Staging of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer." Chest, Supplement (April 2000): 96S-103S.
How is vulvar cancer treated?
The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) has adopted a surgical staging system for vulvar cancer.
What does M mean in TNM staging?
"M" refers to the metastases, how far they are from the original cancer and how often they have multiplied.
How would colon cancer be treated in tests are positive.?
After someone has tested positive for Colon Cancer the next step before treatment is called staging. This is done to determine how far the cancer has spread. The following web-site offers further information on staging and what happens next: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/colon/Patient
What does pathological staging or a staging laparotomy involve?
a surgeon checks the abdominal lymph nodes and other organs for cancer and removes small pieces of tissue. A pathologist examines the tissue samples for Hodgkin's disease cells.
What does N mean in the TNM staging system?
"N" represents the spread of the cancer to lymph nodes, largely determined by those nodes removed at surgery that contain cancer cells.
