{"id":3192,"date":"2021-10-08T09:54:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T09:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getmeds.ph\/blog\/?p=3192"},"modified":"2021-10-08T09:55:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T09:55:22","slug":"types-and-different-staging-of-leukemia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getmeds.ph\/blog\/types-and-different-staging-of-leukemia\/","title":{"rendered":"Leukemia: What Is It, Types and Different Staging of Leukemia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/getmeds.ph\/blog\/types-and-different-staging-of-leukemia\/#WHAT_IS_LEUKEMIA\" title=\"WHAT IS LEUKEMIA?\u00a0\u00a0\">WHAT IS LEUKEMIA?\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/getmeds.ph\/blog\/types-and-different-staging-of-leukemia\/#WHAT_ARE_THE_TYPES_OF_LEUKEMIA\" title=\"WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF LEUKEMIA?\u00a0\">WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF LEUKEMIA?\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/getmeds.ph\/blog\/types-and-different-staging-of-leukemia\/#STAGING_OF_LEUKEMIA\" title=\"STAGING OF LEUKEMIA\u00a0\">STAGING OF LEUKEMIA\u00a0<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/getmeds.ph\/blog\/types-and-different-staging-of-leukemia\/#STAGES_OF_ACUTE_LYMPHOCYTIC_LEUKEMIA_ALL\" title=\"STAGES OF ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (ALL)\u00a0\">STAGES OF ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (ALL)\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/getmeds.ph\/blog\/types-and-different-staging-of-leukemia\/#STAGES_OF_ACUTE_MYELOID_LEUKEMIA_AML\" title=\"STAGES OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA (AML)\u00a0\">STAGES OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA (AML)\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/getmeds.ph\/blog\/types-and-different-staging-of-leukemia\/#STAGES_OF_CHRONIC_LYMPHOCYTIC_LEUKEMIA_CLL\" title=\"STAGES OF CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (CLL)\u00a0\">STAGES OF CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (CLL)\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/getmeds.ph\/blog\/types-and-different-staging-of-leukemia\/#STAGES_OF_CHRONIC_MYELOID_LEUKEMIA_CML\" title=\"STAGES OF CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA (CML)\u00a0\">STAGES OF CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA (CML)\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WHAT_IS_LEUKEMIA\"><\/span><strong>WHAT IS LEUKEMIA?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leukemia is a blood cell cancer. Unlike many other types of cancer, leukemia does not produce tumors and is present in blood and bone marrow. It happens when your body makes too much white blood cells. White Blood Cells (WBCs) are an essential part of the immune system. They are the body\u2019s defense against infections caused by bacteria and viruses, fungi, abnormal cells, and other foreign substances. These WBCs divide rapidly that restrict the formation of other important cells, and eventually crowd out normal cells.\u00a0 Generally, leukemia is the cancer of the WBCs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WHAT_ARE_THE_TYPES_OF_LEUKEMIA\"><\/span><b>W<\/b><b>HAT ARE THE TYPES OF <\/b><b>L<\/b><b>EUKEMIA<\/b><b>?\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The beginning of leukemia can be acute or sudden or chronic or slow onset. In acute leukemia, cancer cells multiply rapidly while in chronic leukemia, the disease progresses slowly, and initial symptoms are mild.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leukemia is classified according to the type of cell that its affect, whether myeloid cell (myeloid leukemia) or lymphocytes (lymphocytic leukemia).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>There are 4 main types of leukemia:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Acute Myeloid\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Leukemia (AML)<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Chronic Myeloid\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Leukemia (CML)<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Acute Lymphocytic\u00a0 Leukemia (ALL)<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Chronic Lymphocytic\u00a0 Leukemia (CLL)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; occurs both in children\u00a0 and adult\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; cancerous WBCs\u00a0 rapidly-produce while\u00a0 normal cells are\u00a0 continuously produced\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; begins in your bone\u00a0 marrow\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">most common type of\u00a0 leukemia<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; most common in adults\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; also starts in the bone\u00a0 marrow but progress\u00a0 rapidly than AML<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; most common in children\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; quickly progressing\u00a0 form that causes\u00a0 healthy cells to turn\u00a0 into cancerous WBCs<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; diagnosed mostly in\u00a0 adults 55 years of age\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; same with ALL but less\u00a0 rapid<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"STAGING_OF_LEUKEMIA\"><\/span><b>S<\/b><b>TAGING OF <\/b><b>L<\/b><b>EUKEMIA\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once diagnosed, leukemia will be staged. Staging determines how much the cancer cells have already progressed and helps the doctor to come up with the treatment plan.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acute types of leukemia are staged based on how cancer cells look under a microscope and the types of cells involved. Lymphocytic leukemia, both acute and chronic, are staged based on the WBC count at the event of diagnosis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Myeloid leukemia, both acute and chronic, are staged based on WBCs or myeloblasts in the blood and bone marrow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/getmeds.ph\/blog\/what-are-the-types-and-symptoms-of-blood-cancer\/\">What Are The Types And Symptoms Of Blood Cancer?<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"STAGES_OF_ACUTE_LYMPHOCYTIC_LEUKEMIA_ALL\"><\/span><b>S<\/b><b>TAGES OF <\/b><b>A<\/b><b>CUTE <\/b><b>L<\/b><b>YMPHOCYTIC <\/b><b>L<\/b><b>EUKEMIA <\/b><b>(ALL)\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This type of leukemia affects both children and adults.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Childhood ALL Stages<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Low risk\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>High risk<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Children under 10\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; WBC count of less than 50,000<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Children &gt;10 years old\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; WBC count of more than 50,000<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><i>Adult ALL Stage\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Untreated\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Remission\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Recurrent<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Newly diagnosed\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; \u201cuntreated\u201d simply\u00a0 means recent<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Occurs after receiving\u00a0 cancer treatments\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; 5% or less of the bone\u00a0 marrow cells in your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">body is cancerous\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; WBC within normal\u00a0 limits\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Doesn\u2019t have any\u00a0 symptoms<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Occurs when leukemia\u00a0 returns after remission\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; More tests and\u00a0 treatment must be <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">continued<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"STAGES_OF_ACUTE_MYELOID_LEUKEMIA_AML\"><\/span><b>S<\/b><b>TAGES OF <\/b><b>A<\/b><b>CUTE <\/b><b>M<\/b><b>YELOID <\/b><b>L<\/b><b>EUKEMIA <\/b><b>(AML)\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AML occurs both in children and adults although children have a higher rate of survival than adults.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doctors doesn\u2019t usually stage AML; instead, they are divided into 9 subtypes using the French-American-British\u00a0 (FAB) system. Subtypes are determined by the maturity of leukemia cells and their site of diagnosis.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>M0<\/strong><\/span>: undifferentiated acute myeloblastic\u00a0 leukemia\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>M1<\/strong><\/span>: acute myeloblastic leukemia with minimal\u00a0 maturation\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>M2<\/strong><\/span>: acute myeloblastic leukemia with\u00a0 maturation\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>M3<\/strong><\/span>: acute promyelocytic leukemia\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>M4<\/strong><\/span>: acute myelomonocytic leukemia\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>M4 eos<\/strong><\/span>: acute myelomonocytic leukemia with\u00a0 eosinophilia\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>M5<\/strong><\/span>: acute monocytic leukemia\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>M6<\/strong><\/span>: acute erythroid leukemia\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>M7<\/strong><\/span>: acute megakaryoblastic leukemia\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These subtypes are based on where leukemia began. Subtypes M0 through M5 begin in the WBCs.\u00a0 Subtype M6 starts in RBCs, and stage M7 starts in the platelets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/getmeds.ph\/blog\/what-is-cervical-cancer\/\">Cervical Cancer: What is it, Symptoms, Stages, Treatment, And More<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"STAGES_OF_CHRONIC_LYMPHOCYTIC_LEUKEMIA_CLL\"><\/span><b>S<\/b><b>TAGES OF <\/b><b>C<\/b><b>HRONIC <\/b><b>L<\/b><b>YMPHOCYTIC <\/b><b>L<\/b><b>EUKEMIA <\/b><b>(CLL)\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CLL is a slow-growing type of leukemia found in mature WBCs and is staged similarly to other cancers than to either ALL or CML. It uses the Rai staging system. Rai staging system is based on 3 factors such as the number of cancerous WBCs in the body, the number of red blood cells (RBCs) and platelets, and wor not the lymph nodes, spleen, or liver is enlarged.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CLL Stage 0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Low risk)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CLL Stage I\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Intermediate\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">risk)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CLL Stage II\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Intermediate\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">risk)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CLL Stage III\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(High risk)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CLL Stage IV\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(High risk)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; more than\u00a0 10,000 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lymphocytes\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; other blood\u00a0 counts are normal -no symptoms<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; more than\u00a0 10,000 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lymphocytes\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; lymph nodes are swollen\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; other blood\u00a0 counts are still\u00a0 normal<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; liver and spleen\u00a0 are enlarged\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; lymph nodes are\u00a0 swollen\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; lymphocyte\u00a0 counts are high\u00a0 but other blood\u00a0 counts are still\u00a0 normal<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; other blood cells\u00a0 are now affected &#8211; anemic and does not have enough\u00a0 RBCs\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; lymphocyte\u00a0 counts are high\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; liver and spleen\u00a0 are enlarged\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; lymph nodes are\u00a0 swollen<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; all symptoms of the previous stages are present <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; platelets and\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RBCs are affected <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; blood clotting is not functioning<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"STAGES_OF_CHRONIC_MYELOID_LEUKEMIA_CML\"><\/span><b>S<\/b><b>TAGES OF <\/b><b>C<\/b><b>HRONIC <\/b><b>M<\/b><b>YELOID <\/b><b>L<\/b><b>EUKEMIA <\/b><b>(CML)\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In CML, cancer progresses slowly but your bone marrow produces high numbers of WBCs called blast cells. Blast cells will outnumber healthy blood cells. Staging CML will be based on the percentage of WBCs in your body.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Chronic phase\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Accelerated phase\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Blastic phase<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lt;10% of blast cells in the body &#8211; fatigue, milder symptoms &#8211; responds well to treatment<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10-19% blast cells in the body &#8211; cancer doesn\u2019t respond to\u00a0 treatment in the chronic phase &#8211; more symptoms appear<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&gt;20% blast cells spread all\u00a0 throughout the body\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; treatment is difficult\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; symptoms include fever,\u00a0 fatigue, poor appetite, weight\u00a0 loss, and swelling of spleen<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Takeaways\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cancer staging helps physicians figure out the best treatment regimen specific to a patient. 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