EN ESTA PÁGINA: obtendrá información sobre cómo los médicos describen el crecimiento o la diseminación del cáncer. Esto se denomina “estadio”. Para ver otras páginas, use el menú.
La determinación del estadio es una manera de describir dónde está ubicado el cáncer, si se ha diseminado o hacia dónde y si está afectando otras partes del cuerpo.
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ON THIS PAGE: You will learn about how doctors describe a cancer’s growth or spread. This is called the stage. Use the menu to see other pages.
Background
Many different types of tests are used to help diagnose cancer, determine the cancer’s stage, monitor how well treatment is working, and watch for a cancer recurrence (return of the cancer). Imaging tests (or scans) are ways to create pictures of the organs and tissues inside the body. Different types of scans are often used at different points in a person’s cancer diagnosis, treatment, and recovery.
Background
ON THIS PAGE: You will learn about how doctors describe a cancer’s growth or spread. This is called the stage. Use the menu to see other pages.
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ON THIS PAGE: You will learn about how doctors describe a cancer’s growth or spread. This is called the stage. Use the menu to see other pages.
ON THIS PAGE: You will learn about how doctors describe a cancer’s growth or spread. This is called the stage. Use the menu to see other pages.
Staging is a way of describing where the tumor is located, if or where it has spread, and whether it is affecting other parts of the body.
ON THIS PAGE: You will learn about how doctors describe a tumor’s growth or spread. This is called the stage. To see other pages, use the menu.
Staging is a way of describing where a tumor is located, if or where it has spread, and whether it is affecting other parts of the body.
