Guide To Understanding Pancreatic Cancer Stages

Stage 2

Stage 2 pancreatic cancer is a stage separated into stage 2A and stage 2B. When an affected individual's pancreatic tumor has grown larger than four centimeters or one and three-fifths inches across, but has not spread to the lymph nodes or other distant regions, it is referred to as stage 2A pancreatic cancer. Stage 2A has a stage grouping of T3, N0, and M0. Stage 2B pancreatic cancer is defined by a tumor no larger than two centimeters in diameter that has not spread into more than three neighboring lymph nodes. It has a stage grouping of T1, N1, and M0.

A pancreatic tumor with a diameter measurement between two and four centimeters that has not spread to more than three neighboring lymph nodes with a stage grouping of T2, N1, and M0 has also been classified as stage 2B pancreatic cancer. In addition, stage 2B pancreatic cancer can include a tumor with a diameter measurement of larger than four centimeters that has not spread to any more than three neighboring lymph nodes and has a stage grouping of T3, N1, and M0.