"I'm a much better doctor because of everything I've gone through," says Dr. Sue Hwang, 48 ...

Stage 2 prostate adenocarcinoma is localized, with a nearly 100% five-year relative survival rate. Diagnosis uses the TNM system, PSA levels, and Gleason score to determine cancer stage and risk.

Papillary thyroid cancer staging depends on age, with stage 2 involving distant spread in younger patients and larger tumors or regional spread in older patients. Diagnosis involves physical exams, ...

Early-stage lung cancer usually refers to stages 1, 2, and 3A non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as well as limited-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC). You may have no symptoms in these early stages ...

Stage 2 Hodgkin’s lymphoma is an early stage of this cancer. Healthcare professionals describe Hodgkin’s lymphoma as stage 2 when a person has cancer in two or more lymph node groups, either below or ...

Prostate cancer has four stages, which describe how advanced the cancer is and how far it has spread throughout your body. Knowing the stage of your cancer can help you and your healthcare team ...

Staging means finding out how far prostate cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group prostate cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being ...

The statistics are sobering and undeniable — African American men develop prostate cancer at twice the rate of white men and are more likely to die from the disease. This reality makes understanding ...