What is stage 4 cancer?!


Question:

What is stage 4 cancer?

what are the definitions of each stage of cancer. i.e. stage 4?


Answers:

There are four stages of cancer, stage one being the least serious (but still serious of course) and stage 4 being the most serious.

Stage one, the cancer is relatively small and constained within the organ it started it.
Stage two usually means the cancer is still local, but it's a little larger than stage one.
Stage 3 usually means the cancer is larger and there are cancer cells in the lymph nodes in the area
Stage 4 means the cancer has spread from where it started to another body organ, such as the liver, bones or lungs




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