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homeTable of ContentsMedical Words
Understanding Your Prostate
What Your Test Results Mean
Intro
Other Concerns
What Other People Have To Say
Treatment Choices
Things to Ask Your Doctor
After Your Treatment
Education and Support Groups
A Choice and A Journey
 
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What Your Test Results Mean : Intro

The STAGE of the cancer

The stage tells you HOW BIG your tumor is and HOW FAR it has spread.

  • The treatment your doctor recommends depends partly on whether your tumor has spread out of your prostate. If the cancer has spread, the results of treatment will probably not be as good.
  • To figure out your stage, your doctor may recommend getting a bone scan, CT scan, MRI or other tests to see if your cancer has spread.
  • There are 2 systems of letting you know what stage the cancer is in.
    1. One system uses letters from A through D.
    2. The other system uses letters and numbers, for example, T1, N0, M1. (T is Tumor size, N is lymph Nodes involvement, and M tells that the cancer has spread or Metastasized).


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A-D System

TNM System