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Health Encyclopedia: Prostate Cancer Staging And Grading

Staging and Grading

Doctors are continually searching for methods to determine how aggressive a given prostate cancer is in an individual patient so they can choose the best treatments. As an aid, experts have devised different classification systems that help assess the properties of the cancer. These systems include staging and grading the tumors and measuring PSA levels. In general, the higher the stage, grade, and PSA numbers, the more severe the condition and the more aggressive the treatmen...

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Semiretired?

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Health Guide

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Staging Systems

...opposite lung, to lymph nodes in nearby or opposite muscle tissue, or to lymph nodes above the collar bone.Stages M refer to metastasis.In M0, metastasis has not occurred.In M1 distant metastasis... Read more »

Ovarian Cancer: Prognosis

...women are expected to die from ovarian cancer in 2006.In general, overall 5-year survival rates (all stages combined) increased from 37% in 1974 to greater than 50% currently. Survival rates vary... Read more »

Breast Cancer Treatments for Breast Cancer Stages 0-5

...factors, including the age of the patient, menopausal status, the kind of cancer (ductal vs. lobular), its stage, and whether or not the tumor contains hormone-receptors.Breast cancer treatments... Read more »

Ovarian Cancer: Treatment

In general, the course of treatment is determined by the stage of the cancer. Stages range from I to IV based on the cancer's specific characteristics, such as whether it has spread beyond... Read more »

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Symptoms

...symptom, it is not usually considered a B symptom if other systemic symptoms are not also present.In late stages, some patients develop a skin rash.Tumor masses in the chest can cause coughing or... Read more »

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