DATA FORM FOR CANCER STAGING - NEUROBLASTOMA
Form # 785-1-057
| CLIN | PATH | DEFINITIONS | ||
| PRIMARY TUMOR (T) | ||||
| TX | Primary tumor cannot be assessed | |||
| T0 | No evidence of primary tumor | |||
| T1 | Single tumor 5 cm or less in greatest dimension | |||
| T2 | Single tumor more than 5 cm but not more than 10 cm in greatest dimension | |||
| T3 | Single tumor more than 10 cm in greatest dimension | |||
| T4 | Multicentric tumors occurring simultaneously | |||
| LYMPH NODE (N) | ||||
| NX | Regional lymph nodes cannot be assessed | |||
| N0 | No regional lymph node metastasis | |||
| N1 | Regional lymph node metastasis | |||
| DISTANT METASTASIS (M) | ||||
| MX | Presence of distant metastasis cannot be assessed | |||
| M0 | No distant metastasis | |||
| M1 | Distant metastasis | |||
| PRIMARY TUMOR (PT) | ||||
| pTX | Primary tumor cannot be assessed | |||
| pT0 | No evidence of primary tumor | |||
| pT1 | Excision of tumor complete and margins histologically free | |||
| pT2 | The category does not apply to neuroblastoma | |||
| pT3 | Residual tumor | |||
| pT3a | Microscopic residual tumor | |||
| pT3b | Macroscopic residual tumor or grossly incomplete excision | |||
| pT3c | Surgical exploration, tumor not resected | |||
| pT4 | Multicentric tumors | |||
| LYMPH NODE (PN) | ||||
| pNX | Regional lymph nodes cannot be assessed | |||
| pN0 | No regional lymph node metastasis | |||
| pN1 | Regional lymph node metastasis | |||
| pN1a | Regional lymph node metastasis completely resected | |||
| PN1b | Regional lymph node metastasis incompletely resected | |||
| DISTANT METASTASIS (PM) | ||||
| pMX | Presence of distant metastasis cannot be assessed | |||
| pM0 | No distant metastasis | |||
| pM1 | Distant metastasis | |||
THE FINAL STAGE GROUPING (CLINICAL & PATHOLOGICAL) IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN.
| CLIN | PATH | CLINICAL STAGE GROUPING (cTNM) | |||
| I | T1 | N0 | M0 | ||
| II | T2 | N0 | M0 | ||
| III | T1 | N1 | M0 | ||
| T2 | N1 | M0 | |||
| T3 | Any N | M0 | |||
| IVA | T1 | Any N | M1 | ||
| T2 | Any N | M1 | |||
| T3 | Any N | M1 | |||
| IVB | T4 | Any N | Any M | ||
| PATHOLOGIC STAGE GROUPING (pTNM) | |||||
| I | pT1 | pN0 | M0 | ||
| II | pT1 | pN1a | M0 | ||
| IIIA | pT3a | pN0 | M0 | ||
| pT3a | pN1a | M0 | |||
| IIIB | pT1 | pN1b | M0 | ||
| pT3a | pN1b | M0 | |||
| pT3b | Any pN | M0 | |||
| pT3c | Any pN | M0 | |||
| IVA | pT1 | Any pN | M1 | ||
| pT2 | Any pN | M1 | |||
| pT3a | Any pN | M1 | |||
| pT3b | Any pN | M1 | |||
| pT3c | Any pN | M1 | |||
| IVB | pT4 | Any pN | Any M | ||
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