Pathological staging

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006390",
  "term": "Pathological staging",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A method used to find out the stage of cancer (amount or spread of cancer in the body) by removing tissue samples during surgery or a biopsy. The pathological stage is based on how different from normal the cells in the samples look under a microscope.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/pathological-staging/"
}