Difference between revisions of "Cancer staging systems"

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*Generally dependent on the specific site.
*Generally dependent on the specific site.


===Modifiers===
Table of modifiers:<ref>URL: [http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/breast/healthprofessional/page3 http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/breast/healthprofessional/page3]. Accessed on: 28 March 2012.</ref>
Table of modifiers:<ref>URL: [http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/breast/healthprofessional/page3 http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/breast/healthprofessional/page3]. Accessed on: 28 March 2012.</ref>
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===T stage===
*Tumour stage.
*[[Lymphovascular invasion]] usually does not affect stage.
**Exceptions:
***[[Seminoma]].
***Intrahepatic bile duct carcinoma.
===N stage===
*[[Lymph node]] involvement.
===M stage===
*[[Metastases]].


=See also=
=See also=