MLchartDataset catalogue

Stage

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-007957

The extent of a cancer in the body. Staging is usually based on the size of the tumor, whether lymph nodes contain cancer, and whether the cancer has spread from the original site to other parts of the body.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-007957
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-007957",
  "term": "Stage",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The extent of a cancer in the body. Staging is usually based on the size of the tumor, whether lymph nodes contain cancer, and whether the cancer has spread from the original site to other parts of the body.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/stage/"
}

Record 15,303 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.