Staging Chart

Below is a chart that shows how these two staging systems relate to each other.

Stage Number	Description	Surgical Classification
Stage Number	Description	Resectable	Locally Advanced	Metastatic
0	Carcinoma in situ - abnormal cells found only in the pancreas	YES	NO	NO
IA	Tumor is smaller than 2 cm and is found in the pancreas only	YES	NO	NO
IB	Tumor is larger than 2 cm and is found in the pancreas only	YES	NO	NO
IIA	Cancer may have spread outside the pancreas, but does not involve local lymph nodes, blood vessels, or other parts of the body	SOMETIMES	SOMETIMES	NO
IIB	Cancer may have spread outside the pancreas and includes local lymph nodes, but not blood vessels or other parts of the body	SOMETIMES	SOMETIMES	NO
III	Cancer has spread to the blood vessels, and may involve local lymph nodes, but has not spread to other parts of the body	SOMETIMES	YES	NO
IV	Cancer has spread to other parts of the body	NO	NO	YES

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