Understanding Staging
Common Elements Of Most Staging Systems
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The common elements considered in most staging systems are:
- Location of the primary tumor (the original tumor.)
- Tumor size and number of tumors,
- Lymph node involvement (spread of cancer into lymph nodes),
- Cell type and tumor grade* (how closely the cancer cells resemble normal tissue), and
- Presence or absence of metastasis (spread of the cancer from the original location).
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