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Staging is the process of finding out how much cancer there is in the body and where it is located. Doctors use this information to plan treatment and to help predict a person's outlook (prognosis).
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The American Cancer Society’s Peer Review Committee for Development, Differentiation, and Cancer analyzes the biology of developing systems in higher and lower organisms.
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AIDS, is caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). AIDS is the most advanced stage of HIV infection. Learn more here.
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To understand the different types of leukemia, it helps to know some basic facts about the blood and lymph systems. Learn more here.
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Complementary and alternative methods include products, practices, and systems that are not part of mainstream medicine. Learn about how they are used for people with cancer here.
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Determining the stage of bile duct cancer helps doctors decide how to treat it. Learn how intrahepatic bile duct cancer is staged.
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The FIGO/AJCC system for staging vaginal cancer
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The FIGO/AJCC system for staging vulvar cancer
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Determining the stage of bile duct cancer helps doctors decide how to treat it. Learn how perihilar bile duct cancer is staged.
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Although the AJCC (TNM) staging system is often used to precisely describe the spread of a liver cancer, doctors use a more practical system to determine treatment options.