Ovarian cancer staging

Ovarian cancer, staging, is the system,

information, obtained, after surgery,

which can, include, a total abdominal,hysterectomy,

removal, of (usually), both ovaries, and fallopian, tubes,

The staging system, describes, the extent, of the primary,

Tumor, the absence, or presence,of metastasis, (spread),

to nearby lymph, Nodes,

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Tumour

that has not, affected, the capsule,

is confined, to the inside, of the ovaries, and cannot,

be found, in the fluid, taken, from, the pelvis, but has,

affected, both ovaries, is staged as T1b.

T1c category,

describes, a type of tumor, that can, affect, one, or both,

ovaries,

which, has grown,through, the capsule, of an ovary, or it is

present, in the fluid, taken, from, the pelvis,

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T2 Advance stage Tumor

T2, is a more, advanced, stage of tumor,

In this case, the tumor, has grown, in one or both, ovaries,

and is Stage T2a, is used to describe, a cancerous, tumor,

that has spread, to the uterus, or the fallopian, tubes,

(or both,)

which is not, present, in the fluid, taken, from the pelvis,

Stages T2b, and T2c, indicate,cancer, that, metastasize,

(spreads,)

to other pelvic tissues, than the uterus, and fallopian tubes,

and which, cannot be seen, in the fluid, taken from the pelvis,

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Tumor that spread

tumors, that spread, to any, of the pelvic, tissues,

(including uterus, and fallopian, tubes,)

which can also be found, in the fluid,

taken, from the pelvis,

T3, is the stage, used, to describe, cancer,

that has spread, to the peritoneum,

This stage, provides, information, on the size, of the

metastatic,(spread,)

Spread of Tumor

tumors, (tumors, that are located, in other, areas, of the body,

but are caused, by ovarian, cancer,)

These tumors, can be very small,

visible, only, under the microscope,

(T3a), visible, but not larger, than 2 centimeters, (T3b),

and bigger, than 2 centimeters, (T3c),