You gain weight when you eat more calories than you burn â or burn fewer calories than you eat. While it is true that some people seem to be able to lose weight more quickly and more easily than others, everyone will lose weight when they burn up more calories than they eat.
Stages of Prostate Cancer. With regard to prostate cancer, staging measures the extent of the disease, and is based on the size of the tumor, whether the cancer has spread outside the prostate, and, if so, where it has spread. There are five stages: stages 1 through 4 and recurrent cancer. Tests used to determine stage include the digital rectal exam, PSA test, transrectal ultrasound, and biopsy. Stages of Prostate Cancer: An Overview
After a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer, doctors will try to figure out if it has spread, and if so, how far. This process is called staging. The stage of a prostate cancer describes how much cancer is in the body. It ihelps determine how serious the cancer is and how best to treat it. Doctors also use a cancer's stage when talking about survival statistics. The stage is based on tests described in Tests for Prostate Cancer, including the blood PSA level and biopsy results. The AJCC TNM staging system A staging system is a standard way for the cancer care team to describe how far a cancer has spread. The most widely used staging system for prostate cancer is the AJCC (American Joint Committee on Cancer) TNM system, which was most recently updated in January 2018. The TNM system for prostate cancer is based on 5 key pieces of information: 1  The extent of the main (primary) tumor (T category) 2  Whether the cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes (N category) 3  Whether the cancer has spread (metastasized) to other parts of the body (M category) 4  The PSA level at the time of diagnosis.