How many stages does lymph node metastasis belong to?

A cancer showing lymph node metastasis may belong to the second stage, may also belong to the third stage, that is, we often say the middle stage. For this stage of patients showing lymph node metastasis, first may show metastatic lymph node enlargement. Generally in this stage if the patient timely cooperate with the doctor for treatment, the patient's cure rate is also there, the cure rate can reach about 60%. Because thyroid cancer is a relatively low degree of malignancy of cancer, so the chance of cure is relatively large. Therefore, for thyroid cancer shows lymph node metastasis should also be timely with the doctor for treatment.