Dr. Susan MacDonald breaks down the TNM staging system (Tumor, Nodes, Metastasis) to help patients understand their clinical ...

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 ...

Molecular/genomic profiling is expanding precision selection of systemic therapy and may enable immunotherapy-driven organ preservation in select rectal cancer populations. Incidence has increased ...

Mayo Clinic Q&A: A look at the advances in staging and surgical treatment of melanoma.

Staging means finding out how far colon cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group colon cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being the ...

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 ...

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, ...

The extent of the bladder cancer — how far it has spread — matters. Your care team needs to know if your cancer sits on or in the first lining of your bladder (non-muscle invasive), if it goes into ...

Stage 3 colon cancer has spread to the lymph nodes or through the wall of your colon. Doctors commonly treat it with surgery followed by chemotherapy. The most common staging system for colon cancer ...

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.