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What determines the prognosis and treatment of cancer?
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Stage of the cancer
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What determines the prognosis and treatment of cancer?
Stage of the cancer
What are the 3 stages of cancer?
1) cancer confined to the organ of origin
2) cancer confined to the organ of origin with spread to the regional draining lymph nodes
3) Metastatic disease
How is prognosis of cancer determined?
A function of stage
Localized disease >> Local-regional disease >> disseminated disease
It is important to educate the patient about _______________(2)
prognosis and treatment
It is important to define the __________________ (3)
goals of therapy, expectation of benefit, how response will be monitored