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Cancer staging and grading · NCLEX Exam

Which statement is true regarding Stage I cancer?

  1. Usually involves distant metastatic spread to organs
  2. Very early cancer, small and confined to the organ of origin
  3. Stage I disease always requires palliative-only management
  4. Stage I disease always involves regional nodal involvement
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Correct answer: Very early cancer, small and confined to the organ of origin

Stage I often means the tumour is small, confined to the organ, and has not yet spread to lymph nodes or distant sites.

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