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A system developed by the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) that uses TNM to describe the extent of cancer in a patient\'s body. T describes the size of the tumor and whether it has invaded nearby tissue. N describes whether cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes, and M describes whether cancer has metastasized (spread to distant parts of the body). The TNM staging system is used to describe most types of cancer.
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