TYPES: Ovaries, Uterus, and Cervix
It is a system to classify the severity of cancer, including data about its size, its spread to other organs or the type of cells that form. They are used as criteria for the extension of the FIGO (International Federation of Gynecologists and Obstetricians). For this procedure requires a physical examination, radiological studies and biopsy.
Ovary
The different stages where you can find ovarian cancer are:
* Stage I: the tumor affects only one or both ovaries.
* Stage II: Cancer is not limited to the ovaries, but remains within an area bounded by the pelvis (uterus, bladder or rectum).
* Stage III: Cancer has spread to the peritoneum (the lining of the abdomen) and / or lymph nodes.
* Stage IV: distant metastases, ie, in other organs of the body.
Uterus
In uterus may be divided into the following phases:
* Stage I: Cancer of the uterus remains only in the core of this is, is not widespread in the neck.
* Phase II: the tumor invades the uterine cervix.
* Stage III: Cancer is found in areas outside the uterus, but within the area of the basin (but not in rectum). For example, in lymph nodes.
* Stage IV: The bladder and rectum are affected. This phase also includes metastases in other parts of the body.
Cervix
* Stage IA: tumor limited to the uterus microscope.
* Stage IB: The tumor can be seen with the naked eye and confined to the uterus.
* Phase II: The cancer has spread beyond the uterus but does not reach the pelvic wall. This phase includes those tumors that occupy less than one third of the vagina.
* Phase III: These are the tumors that have invaded the pelvic wall and / or less than one third of the vagina and those that caused kidney failure.
* Stage IV: The cancer of the bladder or rectum or extends beyond the pelvis.
* Stage IVB: distant metastases in other parts of the body.
