Colorectal Cancer

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Staging



Staging is a method of evaluating the progress of the cancer in a patient. That is, it looks at the tumor and the extent to which it has spread to other parts of the body. Once doctors know how far along the cancer is, they can decide on the best course of treatment.




The staging of colon cancer is relatively straightforward. Originally there was the Duke's classification system, which placed patients into one of three categories (Stages A, B,C). This system was subsequen...Read the full article