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Drawing shows different sizes of a tumor in centimeters (cm) compared to the size of a pea (1 cm), a peanut (2 cm), a grape (3 cm), a walnut (4 cm), a lime (5 cm), an egg (6 cm), a peach (7 cm), and a grapefruit (10 cm).
Tumor sizes are often measured in millimeters (mm) or centimeters. Common items that can be used to show tumor size in mm include: a sharp pencil point (1 mm), a new crayon point (2 mm), a pencil-top eraser (5 mm), a pea (10 mm), a peanut (20 mm), and a lime (50 mm).
Stage I pancreatic cancer; drawing on the left shows stage IA pancreatic cancer. The cancer is in the pancreas and the tumor is 2 centimeters or smaller. An inset shows 2 centimeters is about the size of a peanut.
Stage IIB lung cancer (2); drawing shows (a) a primary tumor (larger than 5 cm but not larger than 7 cm) in the left lung (top inset) and (b) a separate tumor in the same lobe of the lung as the primary tumor.
Colon Cancer Stage IV Description: Stage IV colon cancer; drawing shows other parts of the body where colon cancer may spread, including the distant lymph nodes, lung, liver, and abdominal wall.
This image shows pancreatic cancer cells (nuclei in blue) growing as a sphere encased in membranes (red). By growing cancer cells in the lab, researchers can study factors that promote and prevent the formation of deadly tumors.
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El tamaño de los tumores a menudo se mide en centímetros (cm) o pulgadas (in). A veces se usan alimentos comunes para mostrar el tamaño de un tumor en centímetros: una arveja o guisante (1 cm), un maní o cacahuate (2 cm), una uva (3 cm), una nuez (4 cm), una lima o limón verde (5 cm), un huevo (6 cm), un durazno o melocotón (7 cm) y un ...
Stage IB2 and IB3 cervical cancer; drawing shows two cross-sections of the cervix and vagina. The drawing on the left shows stage IB2 cancer in the cervix that is larger than 2 cm but not larger than 4 cm.
Por lo general, el tamaño de un tumor se mide en milímetros (mm) o centímetros (cm). Algunos objetos comunes que se usan para mostrar el tamaño de un tumor en mm son los siguientes: la punta fina de un lápiz (1 mm), la punta de un crayón nuevo (2 mm), la goma de borrar de un lápiz (5 mm), una arveja (10 mm), un maní (20 mm) y una lima ...