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Cancer staging systems are something pathologists ought to be familiar with.
Overview
- TNM staging system - most common.
- Durie-Salmon system - multiple myeloma.
- Ann Arbour system - for Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (excluding mycosis fungoides and Sezary syndrome).
- St. Jude system - pediatric pathology.
TNM staging system
- Most common.
- Generally dependent on the specific site.
Table of modifiers:[1]
Modifier | Meaning | Example | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
m | multiple tumours | pT(m)NM | |
c | clinical stage | cTNM | if it is not specified clinical is assumed |
a | stage at autopsy | aTNM | |
y | staging after therapy | ypTNM | do not try to estimate pretreatment stage |
r | recurrent tumour stage | rTNM | must have a clinically documented disease freedom |
See also
References
- ↑ URL: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/breast/healthprofessional/page3. Accessed on: 28 March 2012.