(StatePoint) Close to 238,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with lung cancer this year. That’s about one person every two and a half minutes. Fortunately, more Americans are surviving ...

Staging means finding out how far colon cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group colon cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being the ...

Doctors classify lymphomas into four stages. The stage depends on where the disease develops and how far it has spread. Knowing the stage can help healthcare professionals determine the best treatment ...

The extent of the bladder cancer — how far it has spread — matters. Your care team needs to know if your cancer sits on or in the first lining of your bladder (non-muscle invasive), if it goes into ...

Uterine or endometrial cancer is cancer that occurs in the uterus or the endometrial lining of the uterus. The risk of uterine cancer increases with age, with most cases occurring after menopause.