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Can there be a way to tell cancer stage/severity from a pathology report?

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No: The stage is determined by the clinician, not the pathologist. The report can hint at how aggressive the cancer might tend to be; high-grade cancers tend to be more aggressive than low-grade, and each of the hundreds of subtypes has its own "personality".

Dr Altman agreed

Answered 5/10/2016

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