Prostate cancer begins in the prostate, a small gland located just below the bladder, present only in people assigned male at birth (AMAB). This gland is in charge of producing seminal fluid, and it ...

Uterine cancer is staged using the FIGO and TNM systems based on tumor size, lymph nodes, and metastasis. Stage 1 uterine cancer may involve abnormal vaginal bleeding and is often treated with surgery ...

Oropharyngeal cancer is the most common type of throat cancer. After your diagnosis, you will learn the stage of the cancer. The stage lets you know how far, if at all, the cancer has spread from the ...

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 ...

Staging means finding out how far prostate cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group prostate cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being ...

Tumor deposits are a significant prognostic factor in colorectal cancer, yet underutilized in N-staging. Ten novel models incorporating tumor deposits showed improved prognostic performance over the ...

Stage 2 oral cavity cancer involves tumors larger than 2 cm but not exceeding 4 cm, without lymph node or distant spread. Diagnosis includes physical exams, biopsies, imaging tests, and endoscopy to ...

Stage 3 PTC is characterized by local invasion or lymph node involvement, with staging influenced by patient age and cancer spread. Diagnosis involves physical exams, blood tests, ultrasound, biopsy, ...

"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 ...