Staging means finding out how far colon cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group colon cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being the ...

Stage 3 colon cancer has spread to the lymph nodes or through the wall of your colon. Doctors commonly treat it with surgery followed by chemotherapy. The most common staging system for colon cancer ...

Mayo Clinic Q&A: A look at the advances in staging and surgical treatment of melanoma.

N1 Single lymph node metastasis, 2 cm or less in greatest dimension N1 Single regional lymph node metastasis in the true pelvis (hypogastric, obturator, external iliac or presacral lymph node) N2 ...

Stage 3 PTC is characterized by local invasion or lymph node involvement, with staging influenced by patient age and cancer spread. Diagnosis involves physical exams, blood tests, ultrasound, biopsy, ...

Results from the PHENIX-I trial support skipping pelvic lymphadenectomy in women with early cervical cancer who have a negative sentinel lymph node biopsy. Omitting pelvic lymphadenectomy in these ...

Final results from a landmark EORTC randomized trial with more than 20 years of follow-up show that irradiation of the ...