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| | Cancer has spread to the bladder, rectum, or other parts of the body. Stage IV is divided into stages IVA and IVB. In stage IVA, cancer has spread to the bladder or rectal wall and may have spread to lymph nodes in the pelvis. In stage IVB, cancer has spread beyond the pelvis and pelvic lymph nodes to other places in the body, such as the abdomen, liver, intestinal tract, or lungs. |
| Previous Definitions: | stage IV AIDS-related lymphoma, stage IV anal cancer, stage IV bladder cancer, stage IV breast cancer, stage IV cancer of the uterus | | Next Definitions: | stage IV childhood Hodgkin lymphoma, stage IV childhood liver cancer, stage IV childhood non-Hodgkin lymphoma, stage IV chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage IV colorectal cancer |
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