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This article deals with '''thymus staging'''. An introduction to staging is in the ''[[cancer staging systems]]'' article. | This article deals with '''thymus staging'''. An introduction to staging is in the ''[[cancer staging systems]]'' article. | ||
'''Thymic staging''', '''thymus cancer staging''', '''thymic carcinoma staging''', and '''thymus tumour staging''' redirect here. | '''Thymic staging''', '''thymus cancer staging''', '''thymic carcinoma staging''', '''Masaoka-Koga classification''', and '''thymus tumour staging''' redirect here. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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|IVb | |IVb | ||
|lymphatic or hematogenous spread | |lymphatic or hematogenous spread ‡ | ||
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*‡ The International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group (ITMIG) notes that is ''must'' have spread to distant organs.<ref name=itmig>URL: [https://www.itmig.org/node/9 https://www.itmig.org/node/9]. Accessed on: May 13, 2016.</ref> This implies that lymphovascular invasion within the tumour itself is ''not'' sufficient for calling stage IVb. | |||
===Modified Masaoka as per Masaoka ''et al.'' (1999)=== | ===Modified Masaoka as per Masaoka ''et al.'' (1999)=== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Thymus]]. | *[[Thymus]]. | ||
*[[Thymoma]]. | |||
*[[Thymic carcinoma]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist|2}} | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
==External links== | |||
*[https://www.itmig.org/node/9 ITMIG (itmig.org)]. | |||
[[Category:Cancer staging]] | [[Category:Cancer staging]] | ||