After a prostate cancer diagnosis, the way your doctor describes your cancer can help you understand what to expect next.

The TNM System for Staging Cancer: From 0 to 4 Doctors use the TNM system to stage cancers of all kinds. In the case of pancreatic cancer, it is used for the most common type of pancreatic cancer ...

Stage Grouping (Numeric Staging) The numeric cancer staging system, which is used along with the letters TNM, includes: Stage 0 This stage describes cancer with tumors that are usually contained ...

Prostate cancer T2 N0 M0 means that the tumor is located only in the prostate and has not spread to the lymph nodes or any other part of the body. These letters and numbers correspond to the ...

This functional staging system is part of how doctors determine pancreatic cancer treatment, including surgery. And in every case, it’s important for patients to know their options. “Patients who have ...

Cedars-Sinai investigators led an update of staging guidelines for HPV-positive throat cancer—now more common in the U.S. than cervical cancer, according to the American Cancer Society—that ...

Staging of patients with early pancreatic cancer is inaccurate as much as 80% of the time, according to a new Cedars-Sinai Cancer study published in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA. The finding ...

Correct cancer staging is crucial for treatment planning. For instance, early-stage cancers might only require surgery or radiation therapy to remove the tumour or target specific cancer cells.

Early-stage breast cancer treatment aims for complete elimination of cancer with curative intent. Stage 0 and stage 1 breast cancers typically respond well to less intensive treatments.

New advancements in the staging process for lung cancer are leading to faster recoveries and better diagnoses. Staging processes for lung cancer have advanced so much over the years that patients are ...

Accurate staging is critical for our oncology patients. This paper explores how presumed early-stage pancreatic cancer — on imaging — is later upstaged after a patient undergoes surgery.

Significant increases in clinical staging for colorectal cancer were found when evaluating the extended timeframes beyond pre– and post–COVID-19 periods. Decreases in the number and ...