Stage 2 bowel (colon and rectal) cancer has spread into the outer wall of the bowel or into tissue or organs next to the bowel. It has not spread to the lymph nodes or distant parts of the body. Stage ...

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You wake up in the recovery area next to the operating theatres. At first, you’ll be wearing a mask or having small tubes (a nasal cannulae) put into your nose to give you oxygen. You might feel dizzy ...

The number stage of a melanoma tells you how thick it is and if it has spread. It also tells you whether the top layer of the melanoma looks broken (ulcerated) when looked at under a microscope.

Your child might have a stem cell transplant as part of their treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Having a transplant means destroying as many leukaemia cells as possible and replacing ...

The stage of a melanoma skin cancer tells you how thick it is and if it has spread. It helps your doctor decide the best treatment for you. TNM stands for Tumour, Node, Metastasis. TNM staging for ...

The Breslow thickness describes how deep a melanoma has grown into the layers of skin. Doctors need to know the depth of a melanoma to help stage it. The stage tells you the size of a cancer and if it ...

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