Staging is complex and depends on many factors. But roughly you have pathologic staging (microarchitecture, genetics, etc.) and anatomical/clinical staging (si

Staging is complex and depends on many factors. But roughly you have pathologic staging (microarchitecture, genetics, etc.) and anatomical/clinical staging (size, laterality, lymph nodes, etc.). Those are distinct. So what you say is not completely incorrect, but it's not really correct either.