What are the stages of cancer?

Question

My aunt was diagnosed with bone cancer and they said she was in her third stage of cancer.

Answer 1

hi,
i'm very sorry to hear about your aunt... may God touch her with His healing hands.
to answer your question..there are 4 stages of cancer.
Stage 1 usually means a cancer is relatively small and contained within the organ it started in
Stage 2 usually means the cancer is localised, but the tumour is larger than in stage 1. Sometimes stage 2 means there are nearby lymph nodes that have cancer cells in.
Stage 3 usually means the cancer is larger and there are cancer cells in the lymph nodes in the area
Stage 4 means the cancer has spread from where it started to another body organ, such as the liver, bones or lungs
take care

Answer 2

Staging of cancer describes the extent of cancerous growth including size of the primary tumour, level of spread to the lymph nodes and status of the metastasis. Staging of cancer is often done to know the prognosis and to decide the treatment. There are different systems of staging, for example the Dukes & Astler Coller staging system, which is used in the colorectal cancer and the Clark’s level staging system, which is used in the malignant melanoma. The most common and globally accepted staging system is the "TNM" classification that describes: size (or number) of the primary tumour, denoted by the letter "T";involvement of the lymph nodes, denoted by the letter "N"; and status of the metastasis, denoted by the letter "M". The letter "T" is followed by the letter "X" if the primary tumour is not assessed clinically; the letter "0" if there is no evidence of the primary tumour; the letter "IS" if the tumour is in situ; or the number "1", "2", "3" or "4" that denotes size of the tumour. The greater the number, the larger is the size of tumour. Similarly, the letter "N" is followed by the letter "X" if involvement of the lymph nodes is not assessed clinically; the letter "0" if there is no evidence of the lymph node involvement; or the number "1", "2", "3" or "4" that denotes extent of the lymph node involvement. The letter "M" is followed by the letter "X" if metastasis is not assessed clinically; the letter "0" if there is no evidence of metastasis; or the number "1", "2" or "3" that denotes the number of metastasised sites. These numbers are usually translated as Stage I, Stage II, Stage III, etc., for convenience of the patient.

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I hope this helps. I'll say a prayer for your aunt. I had an aunt who had lung cancer too.

Answer 3

Stages of lung cancer

Answer 4

Just follow this staging system:
T stands for features of tumor (its size), N stands for spread to lymph nodes, M is for metastasis (spread) to distant organs, and G is for the grade of the tumor...

T Stages of Bone Cancer

T0: No evidence of the tumor
T1: Tumor is 8 cm (around 3 inches) or less
T2: Tumor is larger than 8 cm
T3: Tumor has "skipped" to another site or sites on the same bone


N Stages of Bone Cancer

N0: No spread to regional (nearby) lymph nodes
N1: The cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes


M Stages of Bone Cancer

M0: No distant metastasis
M1: Distant metastasis (spread of the cancer to tissues or organs far away from the original bone tumor)

M1a: The cancer has spread only to the lung
M1b: The cancer has spread to other sites


Grades of Bone Cancer

G1-G2: Low grade
G3-G4: High grade


Stage IA: T1, N0, M0, G1-G2: The tumor is confined to the bone and is less than 8 cm. It is also low grade.

Stage IB: T2, N0, M0, G1-G2: The tumor is confined to the bone and is larger than 8 cm. It is also low grade.

Stage IIA: T1, N0, M0, G3-G4: The tumor is confined to the bone and is less than 8 cm. It is also high grade.

Stage IIB: T2, N0, M0, G3-G4: The tumor is confined to the bone and is larger than 8 cm. It is also high grade.

Stage III: T3, N0, M0, Any G: The tumor is confined to the bone but has "skipped" to other sites on the bone. (It can be any grade.)

Stage IVA: Any T, N0, M1a, Any G: The tumor has spread to the lung.

Stage IVB: Any T, N1, Any M, Any G: The tumor has spread to lymph nodes and distant sites, OR
Any T, Any N, M1b, Any G: The tumor has spread to distant sites other than the lung.


I hope this answers your question...
God bless your aunt...