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Please answer! what signifies a patient being in stage 4 metastatic vs stage 3?
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Metastasis: Stage 3 cancers have progressed beyond the site of local excision and present with regional nodes for the most part. In Stage IV it is essential that chemo, radiation, immunotherapy or a combination of treatments be used. In Stage III local treatment suffices
Answered 6/30/2014
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