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Patient Education: Diseases Conditions Treatments & Procedures

Staging

Introduction

Staging is used to help determine appropriate therapy.  It is a way to classify the extent of the cancer based on such factors as tumour type, grade, size, whether lymph nodes have been affected and whether the cancer has spread to other parts of the body.