Classifying Mesothelioma Stages 3 systems for staging the severity of mesothelioma cases
Brigham newest system - focuses on how proactive treatment can be
Butchart for pleural mesothelioma cases with stages defined by tumor size.
TNM based on tumor size and whether it has spread to lymph nodes or other organs
STAGE 1 Malignancy may be removed surgically, lymph nodes aren’t effected
STAGE 1 Earliest stage located in Pleura surrounding lung. Only one side of body
STAGE 1
STAGE 2
STAGE 2
STAGE 2
Lymph nodes are effected, surgery is still an option STAGE 3 Surgery would not remove malignancy. It has spread to body cavity, diaphragm, chest wall, or heart STAGE 4 Disease has metatasized or spread throughout body Mesothelioma Symptoms
cancer information and facts
Spread into chest wall or esophagus. May be present on both sides of body
Malignancy has not spread beyond membrane that covers the chest wall or mesothelium
Moved to the lungs and/or diaphragm, but not the lymph nodes
STAGE 3
STAGE 3
Penetrated the diaphragm, spread into lining of abdominal cavity
Spread to lymph nodes or lining of the abdomen
STAGE 4 Cancer has metastasized to distant parts of the body
STAGE 4 spread to organs far from respiratory system