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 ...

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 ...

Uterine cancer is staged using the FIGO and TNM systems based on tumor size, lymph nodes, and metastasis. Stage 1 uterine cancer may involve abnormal vaginal bleeding and is often treated with surgery ...

Staging is when a system is used to identify and describe how far a cancer has spread in your body. Knowing the stage of your multiple myeloma helps your physicians predict which treatments are most ...

This fact sheet explains how lung cancer is staged, and what each stage means. Lung cancer staging can be complex, but this fact sheet is intended for patient education. Our easy-to-read fact sheets ...