Gastrointestinal stromal tumour staging

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Gastrointestinal stromal tumour staging deals with staging gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs).

Everything related GISTs aside from staging is dealt with in the gastrointestinal stromal tumour article.

TNM staging

Tumour stage

AJCC 7th edition:[1]

Stage Criteria (tumour size)
T1 <=2 cm
T2 >2 cm and <=5 cm
T3 >5 cm and <=10 cm
T4 >10 cm

Note:

  • ‡ Available at cancer.org.[2]

Node stage

AJCC 7th edition:[1]

Stage Criteria
N0 lymph node metastases absent
N1 one or more lymph node metastases

Note:

  • ‡ Available at cancer.org.[2]

Metastasis stage

AJCC 7th edition:[1]

Stage Criteria
M0 metastases absent
M1 one or more metastasis present

Note:

  • ‡ Available at cancer.org.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 American Joint Committee on Cancer (2010). AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook: From the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual (7th ed.). New York: Springer. pp. 223. ISBN 978-0387884424.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 URL: http://www.cancer.org/cancer/gastrointestinalstromaltumorgist/detailedguide/gastrointestinal-stromal-tumor-staging. Accessed on: May 15, 2016.