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The article deals with '''bladder cancer staging'''.  A general discussion of staging is found in ''[[cancer staging]]''.
[[Image:Diagram showing the T stages of bladder cancer CRUK 372.svg|thumb|right|180px|Schematic showing the T stages in bladder cancer. (WC/CRUK)]]
The article deals with '''bladder cancer staging'''.  A general discussion about staging is found in ''[[cancer staging]]''.


==General==
==General==
*TNM staging the most commonly used.
*TNM staging the most commonly used.
*[[Urachal carcinoma]] has its own staging system - see ''[[Sheldon staging system]]''.
*[[Urachal carcinoma]] has its own staging system - see ''[[Sheldon staging system]]''.<ref name=pmid22901574>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Bruins | first1 = HM. | last2 = Visser | first2 = O. | last3 = Ploeg | first3 = M. | last4 = Hulsbergen-van de Kaa | first4 = CA. | last5 = Kiemeney | first5 = LA. | last6 = Witjes | first6 = JA. | title = The clinical epidemiology of urachal carcinoma: results of a large, population based study. | journal = J Urol | volume = 188 | issue = 4 | pages = 1102-7 | month = Oct | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1016/j.juro.2012.06.020 | PMID = 22901574 }}</ref>


==TNM staging system==
==TNM staging system==
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! T stage
! T stage
! Criteria
! Criteria
! Comment
|-
|-
| T0
| Ta
| (no tumour)
| non-invasive papillary carcinoma
|  
|-
| Tis
| [[urothelial carcinoma in situ|carcinoma in situ]]
|-
|-
| T1
| T1
| lamina propria invasion
| lamina propria invasion
|
|-
|-
| T2
| T2
| muscularis propria invasion
| muscularis propria invasion
| typical management is [[radical cystectomy]] or [[radical cystoprostatectomy]]
|-
|-
| T3a
| T3a
| microscopic extravesicular invasion
| microscopic extravesicular invasion
|
|-
|-
| T3b
| T3b
| macroscopic extravesicular invasion
| macroscopic extravesicular invasion
|
|-
|-
| T4a
| T4a
| extension into the uterus, vagina or prostate
| extension into the uterus, vagina or prostate
|
|-
|-
| T4b
| T4b
| extension into the abdominal wall or pelvic wall
| extension into the abdominal wall or pelvic wall
|
|}
|}


====Images====
Notes:
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*The most important distinction is between T1 and T2. This is dealt with in the ''[[muscularis propria invasion in the urinary bladder]]'' article.
Image: Muscle invasive urothelial carcinoma -- very low mag.jpg | MIUC - very low mag.
**T2 is typically managed with a [[radical cystectomy]] or [[radical cystoprostatectomy]].
Image: Muscle invasive urothelial carcinoma -- low mag.jpg | MIUC - low mag.
*Upstaging based on cystectomy/cytoprostatectomy pathology common - range 20-80%.<ref name=pmid22321341>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Turker | first1 = P. | last2 = Bostrom | first2 = PJ. | last3 = Wroclawski | first3 = ML. | last4 = van Rhijn | first4 = B. | last5 = Kortekangas | first5 = H. | last6 = Kuk | first6 = C. | last7 = Mirtti | first7 = T. | last8 = Fleshner | first8 = NE. | last9 = Jewett | first9 = MA. | title = Upstaging of urothelial cancer at the time of radical cystectomy: factors associated with upstaging and its effect on outcome. | journal = BJU Int | volume = 110 | issue = 6 | pages = 804-11 | month = Sep | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.10939.x | PMID = 22321341 }}</ref>
Image: Muscle invasive urothelial carcinoma -- intermed mag.jpg | MIUC - intermed. mag.
 
Image: Muscle invasive urothelial carcinoma - alt -- intermed mag.jpg | MIUC - intermed. mag.
===Nodes===
Image: Muscle invasive urothelial carcinoma -- high mag.jpg | MIUC - high mag.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
</gallery>
! N stage
! Criteria
|-
| N1
| one regional [[lymph node metastasis]]
|-
| N2
| more than one regional lymph node metastasis
|-
| N3
| metastasis to the common iliac lymph nodes
|}


==See also==
==See also==
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