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Staging



The main goal of staging cancer is to determine the extent of the disease. Endometrial cancer also is graded to aid in the evaluation.



Most endometrial cancers are staged according to a surgical system approved in 1988 by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Factors used to stage the disease include the depth of the tumor, whether the tumor has spread to the cervix and other nearby organs, the cytology of the cancer (cellular make-up and activity), wh...Read the full article