Most of these deaths were because the cancer had
spread to other organ sites.
Not exact matches
For each of these cancer
sites, the researchers calculated important regional and county differences in advanced stage of diagnosis, which takes into account the growth and size of the tumor and whether it has
spread to the lymph nodes or
other organs.
Melanoma is more likely than
other skin cancers
to spread beyond the initial tumor
site to other organs, but all the patients had localized disease.