Medical terms beginning with S

All of the cancer was removed by surgery.

Cancer is found (1) in one group of lymph nodes; or (2) in one area outside the lymph nodes.

There are too many lymphocytes in the blood and the lymph nodes are larger than normal.

Cancer has spread from the mucosa (innermost layer) of the colon and/or rectal wall to the submucosa (layer of tissue under the mucosa) of the colon and/or rectal wall.

May be either of the following: (1) stage IA cancer affecting less than 10% of the skin's surface and appearing as red, dry, scaly patches; (2) stage IB cancer affecting 10% or more of the skin's…

Cancer is found in the uterus only.

Cancer has spread beyond the innermost layer of tissue to the next layer of tissue in the wall of the esophagus.

Stage I is divided into stage IA and IB.

Stage I is divided into stage IA and stage IB, depending on where the cancer has spread.

The tumor is found only in one area of the hypopharynx and is 2 centimeters or smaller.

The tumor is 7 centimeters or smaller and is found in the kidney only.

Cancer is found only in the area where it started.

Cancer that is no larger than 2 centimeters (about 1 inch) and has not spread to nearby lymph nodes.

Cancer is found in the lining of the chest wall and may also be found in the lining of the lung, the lining of the diaphragm (the thin muscle below the lungs and heart that separates the chest from…

Stage I is divided into stages IA and IB.

Stage I Merkel cell carcinoma is divided into stages IA and IB.

Relatively few cancer cells have spread throughout the body.

Cancer is found in the nasopharynx (the upper part of the throat behind the nose) only.

Cancer that forms in squamous cells in the skin or in the lower part of the epidermis (the outer layer of the skin).

Cancer that is 2 centimeters or smaller and has not spread outside the oropharynx.