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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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New Online Tool for Prostate Cancer Patients AND Their Doctors

By healthgal , Health Expert

...(brachytherapy), which are options depending on what stage of prostate cancer you have. The... Read more »

Living With Metastasis: A New Perspective on Life

By Laurie Kingston , Health Expert

I do not believe that cancer itself is a "gift." However, cancer, or more accurately the process of... Read more »

Living with Metastasis: The Emotional Toll of Breast Cancer (Stage 4) as a Chronic Illness

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I have Stage 4 breast cancer. However, I am also in clinical remission, with no sign of cancer... Read more »

Taking Your Breast Cancer Info Search Online

By PJ Hamel , Health Expert

...looking for information about your particular type and stage of cancer, how “serious” it is.... Read more »

Cancer Recurrence: Our Private Nightmare on a Public Stage

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I was still digesting the shocking news about Elizabeth Edward's breast cancer recurrence when the... Read more »

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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 »

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 »

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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