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How do doctors determine what stage of cancer you have? - Hyunsoo Joshua No and Trudy Wu

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Each year, approximately 20 million people receive a cancer diagnosis. At that time, a patient usually learns their cancer’s stage, which is typically a number ranging from one to four. While staging is designed, in part, to help patients better understand what they’re facing, the number can be confusing. So, what do cancer stages actually mean? Hyunsoo Joshua No and Trudy Wu explain.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Hyunsoo Joshua No, Trudy Wu
Director
Jess Mountfield
Narrator
Addison Anderson
Music
Cem Misirlioglu
Sound Designer
Cem Misirlioglu
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Produced by
Sazia Afrin
Editorial Director
Alex Rosenthal
Editorial Producer
Shannon Odell
Script Editor
Max G. Levy
Fact-Checker
Charles Wallace

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