Oropharyngeal cancer is the most common type of throat cancer. After your diagnosis, you will learn the stage of the cancer. The stage lets you know how far, if at all, the cancer has spread from the ...

This guide provides an informative and educational overview of stage 3 papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) to help drive a ...

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 ...

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.

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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.

Prostate cancer has four stages, which describe how advanced the cancer is and how far it has spread throughout your body. Knowing the stage of your cancer can help you and your healthcare team ...

Breast cancer is a type of cancer that starts growing in the breast tissue. Healthcare providers classify breast cancer into five stages, stage 0 to stage 4. The stage indicates how advanced the ...

Stage 3 oral cancer is a more developed form of oral cancer, but the disease has not spread to distant sites or organs. Treatment options can include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, other ...