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Vaginal CancerStagesAn important prognostic predictor for any type of cancer is the clinicopathologic
stage. A clinicopathologic stage describes the cancer developmental phase,
and is established according to several criteria: (1) the tumor type and
size, (2) the cancer location, and (3) the cancer extent (how far the
cancer has spread within the body). According to these two staging systems, vaginal cancer is classified in five stages (Stage 0 to Stage IV) depending on the: (T) tumor features -size and invasion level, (N) lymph nodes involved - lymph nodes are part of the body immune system, and (M) cancer metastasis - metastasis stage is the last developmental cancer stage when the cancer has spread to distal organs (organs situated far from the origin point).
Stage 0: Carcinoa in situ or vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia
3 (Tis, N0, M0) Stage I: (T1, N0, M0) Stage II: (T2, N0, M0) Stage III: (T1,2, N1, M0 or T3, N0,1, M0) Stage IV: This stage is divided into two substages:
Article by Alina Morrow, MS Page Covers: What are the stages of vaginal cancer? |
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