Nov 14 2009

Stages of Pancreatic Cancer


The stage of a cancer tells the doctor how far it has spread. There are commony 5 stages of pancreatic Cancer. Tis is the smalest type of Pancreatic cancer nad T4 is the largest one. As we know that Tis is very early stage of cancer, it dosent have chance to spread, if it is diagnose in the early stage. In this stage the cancer is completely inside the pancreas itself. T1 is the next stage of cancer, in this stage size of tumour in the pancreas incvreases to 2cm in length. But there is no cancer inside the nearby lymph nodes .

T2 is next stage, in this strage tumour is more than 2cm and it is across in any direction. T3 means the cancer has started to grow into surrounding tissues around the pancreas, in the duodenum or the bile duct. Last stage of pancreatic is called sa T4, which means the cancer has grown further into the stomach, spleen, large bowel or nearby large blood vessels.

There is another type of cancer which is called as recurrent pancreatic cancer. This cancer is called as recurrent because the cancer has come back after it has been treated. It may come back in the pancreas or in another part of the body.

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