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TeachMeFinance.com - explain TNM staging system TNM staging system --
A system for describing the extent of cancer in a patientfs body. T describes the size of the tumor and whether it has invaded nearby tissue, N describes any lymph nodes that are involved, and M describes metastasis (spread of cancer from one body part to another).
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