Preferred Label : Stage IVB;
NCIt definition : Cancer that has spread to distant anatomic sites beyond its original site of growth.
The definition of stage IVB depends on the particular type of cancer that it refers
to; for example, for bone cancer, stage IVB is defined as follows: (Any T, N1, Any
M, Any G); (Any T, Any N, M1b, Any G). N1: Regional lymph node metastasis. M1b: Metastasis
to other distant sites; for vaginal cancer, stage IVB is defined as follows: Any T,
Any N, M1. M1: Distant metastasis. (partially adapted from AJCC 7th ed.);
Origin ID : C27980;
UMLS CUI : C0456601;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- concept_is_in_subset
- is_stage_of_disease
