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Science
Medicine
Oncology
Stages of Cancer
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Stage 1
Initiations
-Normal cells are transformed into cancer cells
-Want to grow rapidly
-Localized
Stage 2
Promotion
-Cell grows, becomes visible, forms a tumor
-Can spread
-2 outcomes:
1. Benign Tumor = does not spread/invade surrounding tissue
2. Malignant Tumor = spreads to other tissues
Stage 3
Progression
-Body allows tumor cells to spread to other tissue
-If body stops cancer, then there is no progression
Stage 4
Metastasis
-Spreading of tumor cells to distant parts of the body via blood or lymph
-Breast cancer commonly spreads to bone
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