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What are the differences in stage 1, 2, 3 and 4 cancer?
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Depends: The stage of most cancers is determined by 3 factors. T: characteristics of the tumor itself (size, depth, etc), N: involvement of local lymph nodes, and M: metastases (distant spread). These combine in different ways to determine staging, depending on the tumor type. Certain cancer types have other ways to be staged.
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