Thyroid cancer staging describes whether or how a person’s cancer has spread. People with different stages of thyroid cancer may have different treatment options and a different recovery outlook.

Small-cell lung cancer is an invasive cancer that usually affects long-term smokers. It has two stages: limited and extensive. Each stage has a different outlook. Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a ...

Colon cancer treatment is personalized based on stage, overall health and tumor characteristics. Early detection and accurate ...

Marla Anderson, MD, FACS, is a board-certified surgeon who specializes in the surgical treatment of breast disease. Breast cancer is a type of cancer that starts growing in the breast tissue.

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 ...

Prognostic staging after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) is not included in American Joint Commission on Cancer (AJCC) staging. This study addressed this deficiency by including responses to therapy ...

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 ...

AJCC9V staging system showed superior hazard consistency, outcome prediction, and balance, but not hazard discrimination. HealthDay News — Version 9 of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) ...

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.

[18F]-Labeled Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Staging and Restaging Patients With Breast Cancer Prognostic staging after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) is not ...