ON THIS PAGE: You will learn about how doctors describe a cancer’s growth or spread. This is called the stage. This section also covers grading, which describes the composition of cells. To see other pages, use the menu on the side of your screen.

Staging is a way of describing where the cancer is located, if or where it has spread, and whether it is affecting other parts of the body. Doctors use diagnostic tests to find out the cancer’s stage, so staging may not be complete until all tests are finished.

ON THIS PAGE: You will find a list of the common tests, procedures, and scans that doctors can use to find out what’s wrong and identify the cause of the problem. To see other pages, use the menu on the side of your screen.

Doctors use many tests to diagnose cancer and find out if it has spread to another part of the body, called metastasis. Some tests may also determine which treatments may be the most effective. For most types of cancer, a biopsy is the only way to make a definitive diagnosis of cancer.

ON THIS PAGE: You will find out more about body changes and other things that can signal a problem that may need medical care. To see other pages, use the menu on the side of your screen.

People with eyelid cancer may experience the following symptoms or signs. Sometimes people with eyelid cancer do not show any of these symptoms. Or, these symptoms may be caused by a medical condition that is not cancer.

• A change in appearance of the eyelid skin

• Swelling of the eyelid

• Thickening of the eyelid

ON THIS PAGE: You will find out more about the factors that increase the chance of developing this type of cancer. To see other pages, use the menu on the side of your screen.

EN ESTA PÁGINA: encontrará algo de información básica sobre el astrocitoma y las partes del cuerpo que puede afectar. Esta es la primera página de la Guía de astrocitoma infantil de Cancer.Net. Use el menú para ver otras páginas. Piense en ese menú como un mapa para recorrer la guía completa.

El cerebro y la columna vertebral conforman el sistema nervioso central (SNC). El SNC controla las funciones vitales del cuerpo, que incluyen el pensamiento, el habla y la fuerza.