When you’re diagnosed with breast cancer, one of your first concerns is likely whether it’s spread. To answer questions like this, your doctor must determine the stage. Physicians use staging to ...

Tests like a digital rectal exam and biopsy can help stage prostate cancer. Early-stage prostate cancer often does not cause symptoms, while more advanced stages may lead to back pain and weight loss.

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.

When people hear the word cancer, the first question that follows is almost always the same, What stage is it? For oncologists, that single detail often determines everything that comes next, from ...

Stage 2 pancreatic cancer includes stages 2A and 2B. Stage 2A is when the cancer tumor has grown to over 4 centimeters (cm). Stage 2B is when it has spread from the pancreas to up to three nearby ...

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) staging helps doctors determine how advanced the cancer is and choose the best treatment approach. Doctors typically classify SCLC into two stages: limited, where cancer ...

Endometrial cancer staging means finding out how far endometrial cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group endometrial cancer into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least ...

Actress Danielle Fishel made headlines last week when she announced that she had “very, very, very early” breast cancer. “It’s technically Stage 0,” the Boy Meets World star said on her podcast, “Pod ...

Staging means finding out how far esophageal cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group esophageal cancer into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV ...

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 ...