Once parathyroidcancer is found, more tests will be done to find out if cancer
cells have spread to other parts of the body. This is called staging. A
doctor needs to know the stage of the disease to plan treatment. The following
stages are used for parathyroid cancer.
The cancer is in the parathyroid gland and may or may not have spread into nearby tissues.
The cancer has spread beyond nearby tissues to lymph nodes in the area or to other parts of the body,
such as the lungs, liver, bone, membrane around the heart, and pancreas.
Recurrent disease means that the cancer has come back (recurred) after it has
been treated. It may come back in the original place or in another part of the
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