What are the stages of esophageal cancer

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Recently, my aunt feels uncomfortable in her throat. She has obvious pain when drinking water. The pain is aggravated when eating. As a result, she doesn't want to eat and she is becoming thinner and thinner. The doctor said that it is the middle stage of esophageal cancer. Now let me tell you the stages of esophageal cancer.

What are the stages of esophageal cancer

Grade I or grade I lymph node involvement, but not limited to grade I or grade 0 lymph node involvement.

The second stage: intermediate stage: including grade II and grade III. grade II refers to the lesions with a length of 3-5cm, invading part of the muscular layer without lymph node or organ metastasis. Grade III refers to the lesions with a length of > 5cm, invading the whole muscular layer or having local invasion, and accompanied by local lymph node metastasis.

Third: advanced stage: grade IV. grade IV refers to the cancer focus with the lesion length > 5cm, obvious invasion, lymph node metastasis or distant tissue and organ metastasis. The diffusion and metastasis of esophageal cancer mainly include lymphatic metastasis, direct diffusion and hematogenous metastasis. Among them, lymphatic metastasis is the most important way of esophageal cancer metastasis. Direct diffusion mainly occurs in the esophageal wall, and hematogenous metastasis can occur in the late stage, such as liver, lung, brain, suprarenal gland, bone and so on.

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Esophageal cancer staging is to divide esophageal cancer into early, middle and late stages according to clinical manifestations. It is mainly for the convenience of diagnosis and treatment, and can effectively reflect the patient's situation. Generally speaking, the middle and late stages are more serious, and it needs more reasonable treatment at this time.