what does stage 3 cancer mean?
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stage III – the cancer is larger and may have spread to the surrounding tissues and/or the lymph nodes (part of the lymphatic system) stage IV – the cancer has spread from where it started to at least one other body organ; also known as "secondary" or "metastatic" cancer.
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Stage II: The disease may have spread to your lymph nodes near your lungs. Stage III: It has spread further into your lymph nodes and the middle of your chest. Stage IV: Cancer has spread widely around your body. It may have spread to your brain, bones, or liver.
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Stage II (stage 2 cervical cancer): Stage II cervical cancer means that the cancer has grown beyond the cervix and uterus but has not reached the walls of the pelvis or the lower part of the vagina. In this stage of cervical cancer, the disease has not spread to lymph nodes or distant sites.
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Grade III (grade 3 brain cancer): The tumor grows quickly, is likely to spread into nearby tissues, and the tumor cells look very different from normal cells. Grade IV (grade 4 brain cancer): The tumor grows and spreads very quickly, and the tumor cells do not look like normal cells.
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Most types of cancer have four stages: stages I (1) to IV (4). Some cancers also have a stage 0 (zero). Stage 0. This stage describes cancer in situ, which means “in place.” Stage 0 cancers are still located in the place they started and have not spread to nearby tissues.
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Outlook. More people in the U.S. die of lung cancer than of breast, colon, and prostate cancers combined. About 1 in 3 people diagnosed with stage IIIA lung cancer live for at least 5 years after their diagnosis. For stage IIIB, the average 5-year survival rate is 26%.
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Grade 3 (high-grade cancer) The cancer cells look very different from normal cells (they are poorly differentiated). They may grow more quickly than grade 1 or 2 cells.
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Grade 3: Cancer cells and tissue look very abnormal. These cancers are considered poorly differentiated, since they no longer have an architectural structure or pattern. Grade 3 tumors are considered high grade. Grade 4: These undifferentiated cancers have the most abnormal looking cells.
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There are three grades of invasive breast cancer: grade 1 – looks most like normal breast cells and is usually slow-growing. grade 2 – looks less like normal cells and is growing faster. grade 3 – looks different to normal breast cells and is usually fast-growing.
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Stage IV (stage 4 bone cancer): Stage IV bone cancer is the most advanced form of the disease. In stage IV, the cancer has spread beyond the bone to other areas of the body. For bone cancer, staging also takes into account how abnormal the cells look under the microscope (the grade).
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Stage III: Wider spread. The tumor may have expanded into nearby major blood vessels or nerves, but has not metastasized to distant sites. Stage IV: Confirmed spread. Pancreatic cancer has spread to distant organs.
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["Stage 0 means there's no cancer, only abnormal cells with the potential to become cancer. ... ", 'Stage I means the cancer is small and only in one area. ... ', 'Stage II and III mean the cancer is larger and has grown into nearby tissues or lymph nodes.', 'Stage IV means the cancer has spread to other parts of your body.']
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Stage-3 Prostate Cancer (III) In this stage, the cancer has now spread beyond the prostate and may spread to the nearby seminal vesicles. This can include some stage-4 prostate cancers that, while they have other advanced indicators, still have not moved to other organs.
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What is a cancer stage? While a grade describes the appearance of cancer cells and tissue, a cancer's stage explains how large the primary tumor is and how far the cancer has spread in the patient's body. There are several different staging systems.
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Stage III throat cancer describes cancer that either is larger than four centimeters or has spread to a lymph node on the same side of the neck as the tumor. That lymph node is also smaller than three centimeters.
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Stage 2 means the breast cancer is growing, but it is still contained in the breast or growth has only extended to the nearby lymph nodes. This stage is divided into groups: Stage 2A and Stage 2B. The difference is determined by the size of the tumor and whether the breast cancer has spread to the lymph nodes.
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Stage IV. Stage IV kidney cancer means the cancer has grown outside of the kidney or has spread to other parts of the body such as distant lymph nodes or other organs. Treatment of stage IV kidney cancer depends on how extensive the cancer is and on the person's general health.