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staging system

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-008271

A system that is used to describe the extent of cancer in the body. Staging is usually based on the size of the tumor and whether the cancer has spread from where it started to nearby areas, lymph nodes, or other parts of the body.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-008271
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-008271",
  "term": "staging system",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A system that is used to describe the extent of cancer in the body. Staging is usually based on the size of the tumor and whether the cancer has spread from where it started to nearby areas, lymph nodes, or other parts of the body.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/staging-system/"
}

Record 15,621 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.