What Does My Cancer Diagnosis ACTUALLY Mean?

You've probably heard of cancers having stages, but what do all those stages really mean? This video is a 101 to explain cancer diagnosis and decode the jargon for you. And even if you've heard of the numerical stages, you might not know that there's a whole different staging system that doctors use too.

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