After diagnosis, cancer needs to be staged according to how far it has grown. For example, pancreatic cancer is staged from 0 to 4, with four being advanced. This helps to manage your treatment options, which include surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.
For treatment plans, can stage pancreatic cancer as:
- Resectable. It seems that it can remove the tumor in its entirety.
- Borderline resectable. Cancer has reached blood vessels, but it’s possible that the doctor can completely remove it.
- Unresectable. Can’t completely remove it in surgery.
The doctor will consider your complete medical profile to help decide on the best treatments for you.