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

The statistics are sobering and undeniable — African American men develop prostate cancer at twice the rate of white men and are more likely to die from the disease. This reality makes understanding ...

The extent of the bladder cancer — how far it has spread — matters. Your care team needs to know if your cancer sits on or in the first lining of your bladder (non-muscle invasive), if it goes into ...

Prostate cancer has four stages, which describe how advanced the cancer is and how far it has spread throughout your body. Knowing the stage of your cancer can help you and your healthcare team ...

Prostate cancer begins in the prostate, a small gland located just below the bladder, present only in people assigned male at birth (AMAB). This gland is in charge of producing seminal fluid, and it ...

Oropharyngeal cancer is the most common type of throat cancer. After your diagnosis, you will learn the stage of the cancer. The stage lets you know how far, if at all, the cancer has spread from the ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...

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, ...

Cross-state variations and temporal trends in tracheal, bronchus and lung cancer burden in India from 1990-2021: Mortality projections to 2050. Breast cancer diagnosis stages in GWA patients and ...

Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, is a health writer. She has over a decade of experience as a registered nurse, practicing in a variety of fields, such as pediatrics, oncology, chronic pain, and public health ...