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oliviahorn72

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Explain the usefulness of cancer staging (i.e., describing the size and/or extent of the primary tumor and whether or not cancer has spread in the body).

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How often do hospital cancer registries collect and update information on the status of patient's cancer?


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Perkypinki

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Reply #1 on: Jul 12, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Cancer staging assists clinically by helping the physician when planning treatment. Staging assists pathologically by assessing the effect and need for neoadjuvant/adjuvant therapy. Staging also is useful when assessing screening patterns for population-based cancer registries.

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Reply 2 on: Jul 12, 2018
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Gracias!

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