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  1. Cancer of the uterus is surgically staged. Between 70 and 80 percent of all endometrial cancers are Stage I. In 1988, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetricians (FIGO) staging was revised to include the grade of the cancer (degree of virulence) as determined on microscopic examination. The cancers are divided into three grades, with Grade 1 (well-differentiated) having the best prognosis and Grade 3 (least-differentiated) having the poorest.
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