What is STAS and does anyone have it?

Posted by lhatfield96 @lhatfield96, 9 hours ago

Hi all. I had a wedge resection of a 9mm adenocarcinoma last year. Margins were clear (not real large kinda tight but clear) and no spread to lymph nodes. I am currently worrying about STAS that was present in the pathology report. Has anyone else had this and doing okay after your surgery? It's really confusing. Thank you for reading and responding if you can.

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mamajite | @mamajite | 2 hours ago

hi @lhatfield96 STAS indicates that there was an off shoot of the main tumor that was still near to it. How near determines the grading STAS I v STAS II (farther away). With STAS II recurrance is more likely, but that doesn't mean it will definitely happen. I would talk with your oncologist about your concerns. If they don't think you need any further systemic treatment, my guess would be that your STAS was grade I.

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