noun. a platform or dock; a scaffold for workmen; a level, floor, or story; a platform on which plays, speeches, etc. are presented; any area, as in an arena theater, in which ...
stage (staj) 1. a definite period or distinct phase, as of development of a disease or of an organism. 2. the platform of a microscope on which the slide containing the object to ...
The stage of a cancer is a descriptor (usually numbers I to IV) of how much the cancer has spread. The stage often takes into account the size of a tumor, how deep it has penetrated, whether it has invaded adjacent organs, how many lymph nodes it has metastasized to (if any), and whether it has spread to distant organs.The TNM Staging system · Considerations in staging · Systems of staging
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