Stage IV: This stage is commonly associated with more significant cognition problems and memory loss.

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For example: Page 16 shows a 70% five-year survival rate for stage IV carcinoma of the tongue.

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After brushes with breast cancer and melanoma, Ms. Dunn was diagnosed with Stage IV ovarian cancer in January 2004.

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By stage IV, the cancer has spread beyond your skin to other organs, such as your lungs or liver.

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Quite literally, the difference between being diagnosed with Stage I and Stage IV breast cancer is the difference between life and death.

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Stage IV breast cancer is considered a systemic disease, meaning it is no longer contained in one area but is throughout the body.

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Silberman is 54, and her cancer is stage IV.

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On Thursday, her doctor, Lisa Carey of the University of North Carolina Medical Center, described Edwards' condition as Stage IV metastatic breast cancer, meaning the cancer has spread beyond her breast and lymph nodes.

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His personal story includes surviving Stage IV cancer.

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Hill, fought stage IV cervical cancer and lost.

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In 1822 Sir Walter Scott, a romantic novelist, was asked to stage-manage George IV's visit to Edinburgh.

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Approximately 1 million patients suffer from Class IV heart failure, the most severe stage of the disease.

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