staging of cancer

Indications

• staging of malignant neoplasms provides
  • prognostic information
  • information upon which treatment modalities are determined

Procedure

• testing to identify local extent of the primory tumor & whether the cancer has spread beyond the site of origin (metastasis)
• most solid tumors are staged according to TNM staging

Radiology

• imaging depends upon the expected behavior of the cancer type
  • specific diagnosis necessary to optimize imaging

Management

• cancer staging largely determines management & prognosis

Notes

• avoid testing of low yield

More general terms

• oncology
• staging of disease

More specific terms

• staging of bladder cancer
• staging of breast cancer
• staging of colorectal carcinoma
• staging of esophageal cancer
• staging of gastric carcinoma
• staging of gastrointestinal cancer
• staging of lung cancer
• staging of lymphoma
• staging of melanoma
• staging of prostate cancer

Additional terms

• malignant neoplasm (cancer)
• tumor grade
• tumor-node-metastases (TNM) staging