Assertion: melanoma's cancer | /r/CapableOf | spread to the lymph nodes
Facets:
value: in stage
type: TEMPORAL
value: to distant sites
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from the skin cells
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Unlike in stages 1 and 2, the cancer in stage 3 melanoma has spread from the skin cells to the lymph nodes.
text: Stage 3: The cancer has spread to one or more lymph nodes or nearby lymphatic channels but not distant sites.
text: People with these conditions are unlikely to have the cancer spread to their lymph nodes or anywhere else and have a 5-year survival rate of 97%.
text: Sentinel lymph node biopsy -- also called SLNB, sentinel node biopsy, or SNB -- is a surgical procedure that helps the doctor find out whether the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes.
text: For example, stage I means the cancer is small and contained, with no high-risk features; in stage II, the cancer still has not spread, but is large or has other features that put it at high risk of spreading to the nearby lymph nodes; in stage III, the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes or has gone beyond the primary tumor en route to the lymph nodes; and in stage IV, it has spread to distant body sites or organs.
text: In Stage 0 melanoma there is no evidence the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes or to distant sites (metastasis).
text: The cancer has spread to one or more lymph nodes or nearby lymphatic channels but not distant sites.