Staging helps guide treatment and predict prognosis. One system often used to stage cancer is called the TNM staging system. The letters T, N and M stand for: T: What is the tumor size and are there ...

To determine the cancer stage, healthcare providers use a staging system called TNM. TNM focuses on three key aspects: ...

aDepartment of Oncological and Surgical Sciences, Urology Clinic, University of Padua, Padova, Italy The Tumour, Nodes, and Metastasis (TNM) staging system is a method of stratifying patients with ...

The stage of melanoma skin cancer tells you how thick it is and how far it has spread. Doctors use different systems to stage melanoma. These include the TNM system and number staging system. The ...

Stage 0 is part of the number staging system. This goes from stage 0 to stage 4. It tells you how thick the melanoma is and if the cancer cells have spread to the lymph nodes or other parts of your ...

The system most commonly used today is the AJCC system (now in its 6 th edition) which relies on the TNM system. The problem with SEER historic stage is that it lumps together node negative (Stage II) ...

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