Cancer & Oncology

TNM staging

Also called: TNM

What does TNM staging mean?

A cancer-staging system describing the primary tumour, regional lymph nodes and distant metastasis.

U.S. National Library of Medicine
Understanding Medical Words ↗ National Cancer Institute
Cancer Terms Dictionary ↗ CDC
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