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3 unusual facts about cancer staging


Cancer staging

In the TNM (Tumor, Node, Metastasis) system, clinical stage and pathologic stage are denoted by a small "c" or "p" before the stage (e.g., cT3N1M0 or pT2N0).

Jennifer Griffin

Griffin discovered a lump while nursing her new baby Luke in September, 2009 and soon was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer.

Virginia Livingston

A case-control study using self-selected, matched but not randomized groups with late stage cancer compared survival and quality of life between cancer patients receiving conventional treatment and those undergoing the Livingston-Wheeler therapy.


American Joint Committee on Cancer

The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) is an organization best known for defining and popularizing cancer staging standards, officially the AJCC staging system.

Carcinoma in situ

In the TNM classification, carcinoma in situ is reported as TisN0M0 (Stage 0).

Wendie Jo Sperber

She revealed in April of 2002, though, that the cancer had reappeared and spread throughout her body, and by mid-2004 it had reached Stage 4 at which time she had also undergone experimental brain radiation therapy.


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Sudhir Srivastava

Srivastava is an elected member of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC), responsible for developing cancer staging criteria, and serves on the AJCC Executive Committee and the All Ireland-NCI Consortium.