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(...muh-LIG-nunt meh-zuh-thee-lee-OH-muh)
| | Cancer is found in the lining of the chest wall and the lymph nodes on the same side of the chest. Cancer may also be found in the lining of the lung, the lining of the diaphragm (the thin muscle below the lungs and heart that separates the chest from the abdomen), or the lining of the sac that covers the heart on the same side of the chest. Stage II malignant mesothelioma is advanced malignant mesothelioma. |
| Previous Definitions: | stage II gastric cancer, stage II hypopharyngeal cancer, stage II kidney cancer, stage II laryngeal cancer, stage II lip and oral cavity cancer | | Next Definitions: | stage II melanoma, stage II Merkel cell carcinoma, stage II multiple myeloma, stage II mycosis fungoides and the Sézary syndrome, stage II nasopharyngeal cancer |
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