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🌱 來自: inpatient oncology
Cancer stage
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Refers to tumor location, size, and extent in the body
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Informs the prognosis and treatment plan
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Commonly used staging system: the American Joint Committee on Cancer and the Union for International Cancer Control (AJCC/UICC) tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) classification system
Early stage (I and II): smaller tumors without prominent lymph node involvement or metastases
Late stage (III and IV): locally advanced disease, invasion of surrounding structures, or an increased number of involved lymph nodes; distant metastatic spread also defines stage IV