Types of Cancer stages

What are 4 stage of cancer (Cancer staging) ?

4 Cancer Stages (Cancer Staging)

What is Cancer Staging????

Staging is a method of describing the cancer size ( a spread of cancer) and how fast it has grown. If Doctor Recognized cancer, then first they check the 4 stages of cancer. Based on the cancer staging, Doctor starts treatment of cancer. The doctoralso checks cancer stage to known whether it spread to other part of body.

System of cancer staging can also include cancer grading that describes the similarity between cancer cell and normal cell.

Important of cancer staging  

Stages of cancer are very important, which help in cancer treatment. If Doctor found cancer in only place, then a local treatment like radiotherapy or surgery is enough to remove cancer completely. With the help of local treatment, doctor can treat only one area of body.

If cancer spread to the other part of your body, then the local treatment does not allow. Patients will required a treatment which, go thoughts the entire body. There are systemic treatment for this stage such as hormone therapy, biological therapy and also chemotherapy as they circulate in bloodstream.