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Staging Process
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Assign a Stage – determined by primary site, tumor size
(widest dimension), and presence or absence of lymph node
and/or distant metastasis
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Assign a Group – determined by the status of initial surgical
resection or biopsy, with pathologic assessment of margin and
lymph node involvement, before initiation of therapy
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Assign a Risk Group – determined by stage, group and
histology