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====Staging==== | ====Staging==== | ||
Based on AJCC 7th Edition:<ref>URL: [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Radiation_Oncology/Testis/Staging https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Radiation_Oncology/Testis/Staging]. Accessed on: 15 December 2014.</ref><ref name=cancer_org>URL: [http://www.cancer.org/cancer/testicularcancer/detailedguide/testicular-cancer-staging http://www.cancer.org/cancer/testicularcancer/detailedguide/testicular-cancer-staging]. Accessed on: 15 December 2014.</ref> | |||
*pT3 - into spermatic cord. | *pT2 - into tunica vaginalis or [[lymphovascular invasion]]. | ||
*pT3 - into spermatic cord. | |||
*pT4 - into the [[scrotum]]. | *pT4 - into the [[scrotum]]. | ||
Notes:<ref name=cancer_org/> | Notes:<ref name=cancer_org/> | ||
*Invasion into the [[epididymis]] or tunica albuginea does not change the [[cancer staging|stage]]. | *Invasion into the [[epididymis]], [[rete testis]] or tunica albuginea does not change the [[cancer staging|stage]]. | ||
===Alternate approaches=== | ===Alternate approaches=== |
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