Staging
The staging of AIDS-related lymphoma describes the extent to which the disease has spread in a patient's body and is critical step to evaluate treatment and to suggest prognosis.
Stage I
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Description
Cancer is found in one lymphatic area (lymph node group, tonsils and nearby tissue, thymus, or spleen).
Stage IE
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Description
- Cancer is found in one organ or area outside the lymph nodes.
Stage II
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Description
- Cancer is found in two or more lymph node groups either above or below the diaphragm (the thin muscle below the lungs that helps breathing and separates the chest from the abdomen).
Stage IIE
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Description
- Cancer is found in one or more lymph node groups either above or below the diaphragm. Cancer is also found outside the lymph nodes in one organ or area on the same side of the diaphragm as the affected lymph nodes.
Stage III
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Description
- Cancer is found in the lymph node groups above and below the diaphragm (the thin muscle below the lungs that helps breathing and separates the chest from the abdomen).
Stage IIIE
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Description
- Cancer is found in lymph node groups above and below the diaphragm and outside the lymph nodes in a nearby organ or area.
Stage IIIS
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Description
- Cancer is found in lymph node groups above and below the diaphragm, and in the spleen.
Stage IIIE+S
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Description
- Cancer is found in lymph node groups above and below the diahragm, outside of the lymph nodes in a nearby organ or area, and in the spleen.
Stage IV
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Description
- Cancer is found throughout one or more organs that may or may not be part of or near a lymph node region or group (tonsils and nearby tissue, thymus or spleen).
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- Cancer has spread to non-regional lymph nodes (found in one organ that is not part of the lymphatic area and has spread to lymph nodes far from that organ).
