pathological staging

Definition / meaning of pathological staging

A method used to determine the stage of cancer (extent of cancer in the body). Tissue samples are removed during surgery or a biopsy. The pathological stage is based on how the cells in the samples look under a microscope.

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The Web site of the National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/)

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