Classification Of Cancer Flashcards
1
Q
Grading
A
How the cells have changed or how well differentiated
(Are the like the surrounding area?)
2
Q
Staging
A
Whether the cancer has spread and how far (stages I-IV)
3
Q
Stage I
A
Local, confined to tissue of origin
4
Q
Stage II
A
Invasion, next to tissue of origin
5
Q
Stage III
A
Lymph nodes involved in
6
Q
Stage IV
A
Distant organ, metastatic
7
Q
TNM system
A
Specific system used to stage tumors
8
Q
TNM means
A
T- tumor size
N- lymph Nodes
M- metastases
9
Q
Common sites of metastasis
A
Lungs, liver, brain and bone
