Stages of kidney cancer

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Staging describes or classifies a cancer based on how much cancer there is in the body and where it is when first diagnosed. This is often called the extent of cancer. Information from tests is used to find out the size of the tumour, which parts of the organ have cancer, whether the cancer has spread from where it first started and where the cancer has spread. Your healthcare team uses the stage to plan treatment and estimate the outcome (your prognosis).

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Original Article Source Credits: Canadian Cancer Society , https://www.cancer.ca/

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Link to Original Article: https://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/kidney/staging/?region=on