Like other forms of cancer, the prognosis for prostate cancer depends on how far the cancer has spread at the time itâs diagnosed. Doctors use a system of classification called staging to describe prostate cancerâs local extent and evidence of spread. Prostate cancer stages can be complex and difficult to understand.
Quick Answer. India is considered a subcontinent of South Asia because it has distinct geographical features not shared by other Asian countries, and has a unique system of governance as well. The Indian subcontinent fits the criteria for a subcontinent, which includes geographical features or governmental system different from those of surrounding nations.
It is a subcontinent due to a number of facts, some of which are the fact that India lies on its own tectonic plate (Europe on the other hand does not), and that the Subcontinent has many of the geographic features of a larger continent, contained independently in a smaller area.