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Staging
Applies to severity of medical condition, usually applied to cancer, with more advanced stages carrying poorer prognosis.
Dr. Alan Ali reviewed this
34 year experience in Psychiatry
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What is the process of staging the cancer?
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Will the EUS cancer staging results likely be different if the procedure is performed by different endoscopists? Resource to find a good endoscopist?
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Would it b possible to b diagnosed with melanoma on a path reprt but not yet know the staging?
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How is staging of cervical cancer determined?
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What is meant by staging and grading liver biopsy?
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What is staging for pancreatic cancer?
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When did doctors start using the staging system (stage 1-4) of cancer?
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I am a 55 yo male who was diagnosed with PTC in 2021 as T1bN1bM0 and underwent a full thyroidectomy as well as having three lymph nodes removed from the right lateral compartment. New node has been found. What is my staging and prognosis? DSS/OS?
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Will a 2nd opinion on path report be helpful to colon/rectal surgeon for treating crc? A few friends are misdiagnosed b/c inaccurate n staging, common?
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Cancer staging and what it means i was diagnosed as a T4 cancer patient, and have yet to be given a clear definition of that phrase. Can anyone answer this? Thank you
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A 61-year old female asked:
Is there an alternative to pet for staging lung cancer?
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If you get pnenmonia then get told you have lung cancer, is normally advanced cancer?, as we are still waiting for staging process thanks
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Biopsy says well differentiated infiltrating scc at the angle of the mouth depth of invation is 4mm no lvi or pni found staging t2n0m0 what treatment?
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Results of PET Scan "initial staging of lymphoma" and "extensive adenophy in the neck, chest and abdomen" how serious is this?
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What does staging mean in terms of the seriousness of uterine cancer? My mother has been diagnosed with stage 1 uterine cancer. Does this mean that her cancer is not serious, or has not spread?
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Describe breast cancer staging according tnm?
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Breast cancer staging according TNM means what?
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40 yr women presented with rt ca breast t4b with b/l mobile hard fnac proven metastatic axilla nodes.What is staging and management for this patient?
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Colon surgery:tumor size=2cm.Pathologic staging(pt3, n1b, mx).2/17 lymph nodes show metastatic.Margins of resection free of carcinoma.Need chemotherapy?
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Robotic laparoscopic hysterectomy 2 weeks ago for ovarian cancer staging. Left leg pain ever since. Neg for blood clot. Pain shoots down leg from hip.
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Am I dying?
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Im a nurse?
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