Thursday, January 3, 2008

Small Intestine Cancers Staging

Stage 1: Cancer contained within the small bowel lining or spread into the muscle wall, but not yet involving the lymph nodes or other parts of the body

Stage 2: Cancer spread through the muscle wall, possibly involving other nearby organs (like the pancreas)

Stage 3: Cancer spread to nearby lymph nodes

Stage 4: Cancer spread to nearby lymph nodes AND also to other parts of the body (like the lungs)