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| | Cancer that began in tissue covering the ovary and has spread from one or both ovaries into other areas of the pelvis. Stage II is divided into stages IIA, IIB, and IIC. In stage IIA, cancer has spread to the uterus and/or the fallopian tubes. In stage IIB, cancer has spread to other tissues within the pelvis. In stage IIC, cancer has spread to the uterus and/or fallopian tubes and/or other tissue within the pelvis and cancer cells are found in fluid from the peritoneal cavity (the body cavity that contains most of the organs in the abdomen). |
| Previous Definitions: | stage II mycosis fungoides and the Sézary syndrome, stage II nasopharyngeal cancer, stage II non-small cell lung cancer, stage II nonmelanoma skin cancer, stage II oropharyngeal cancer | | Next Definitions: | stage II ovarian germ cell tumor, stage II ovarian low malignant potential tumor, stage II pancreatic cancer, stage II penile cancer, stage II prostate cancer |
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