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TNM staging system

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TNM staging system,
n.pr stands for tumor
node
metastasis, a recognized method used to identify and predict the course of disease of a patient diagnosed with cancer.


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TNM Staging System TNM stands for Tumor, Nodes and Metastasis; three keys to determining how advanced mesothelioma cancer is using this system.
The most widely used staging system, used by national, state, and local tumor registries in the United States and Canada, is the TNM staging system of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)8 and the International Union Against Cancer (Table 2).
At this point in time the system that is most commonly used for the staging process of colon cancer is called the American Joint Committee on Cancer''s (AJCC) TNM staging system.
 
 
 
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