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 ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...

When actress Christina Applegate revealed her stage 1 breast cancer diagnosis in 2008, she made a bold decision to undergo a double mastectomy despite having cancer in only one breast. Years later, ...

The extent of the bladder cancer — how far it has spread — matters. Your care team needs to know if your cancer sits on or in the first lining of your bladder (non-muscle invasive), if it goes into ...

Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, is a health writer. She has over a decade of experience as a registered nurse, practicing in a variety of fields, such as pediatrics, oncology, chronic pain, and public health ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than three-quarters of patients clinically diagnosed with stage I pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma were ...

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.

Overview of diagnosis, stage-based treatments, side effects and follow-up to help patients with cancer understand care choices and expectations. Oropharyngeal cancer develops in the oropharynx, the ...

This fact sheet explains how lung cancer is staged, and what each stage means. Lung cancer staging can be complex, but this fact sheet is intended for patient education. Our easy-to-read fact sheets ...

Rural residence is associated with higher advanced-stage (III/IV) diagnosis rates than non-rural cohorts (13.6% vs 12.1%), indicating persistent screening and diagnostic access gaps. Non-Hispanic ...

Reviewed by Anuj K. Patel, MD, Clinical Director of the Center for Esophageal and Gastric Cancer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in ...