SINGAPORE — Proposed updates to the tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) classification for lung cancer will affect the way patients are staged, experts say. The updates for the 9th Edition of the TNM ...

Medically reviewed by Archana Sharma, DO Uterine cancer is staged using the FIGO and TNM systems based on tumor size, lymph ...

Histologic components of the TNM classification system have been repeatedly revised since the fifth edition (TNM5). TNM classification revisions provide different criteria for categorizing tumor ...

Small intestine cancer occurs when abnormal cells grow in the tissues of the small bowel, the long tube that connects your ...

Tumor deposits are a significant prognostic factor in colorectal cancer, yet underutilized in N-staging. Ten novel models incorporating tumor deposits showed improved prognostic performance over the ...

The only potentially curative options for gastric cancer involve endoscopic or surgical resection, with adjunctive systemic ...

Gallbladder cancer is a rare and often aggressive malignancy that develops in the tissues of the gallbladder — a small, ...

Staging means finding out how far colon cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group colon cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being the ...

The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) TNM system divides stomach cancer into stages 0–4. The higher the stage, the more difficult it is to treat and to survive. The most commonly used system ...