Is it appropriate to ask someone what stage their cancer has been diagnosed?
To ask someone what stage their cancer has been diagnosed, for me it would depend on how comfortable I was with that person and how close her relationship is. That's a pretty private question. If they seem optimistic, then you can assume that it's an early stage in their cancer, and depending on how they're reacting, if it were a later stage. That's a pretty private issue, I think, and I might use the same discretion with what type of cancer.