Data Form for Cancer
Classification of STAGE of Salivary Gland Tumors
FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE;
http://www.bioscience.org/atlases/tumpath/staging/salivary.htm
(as of 6/2002)
DATA FORM FOR CANCER STAGING - SALIVARY GLANDS
Form # 785-1-030
DEFINITIONS:
PRIMARY TUMOR (T):
TX Primary tumor cannot be assessed
T0 No evidence of primary tumor
T1 Tumor 2 cm or less in greatest dimension
T1a Tumor 2 cm or less in greatest dimension
T1b Tumor more than 2 cm in greatest dimension
T2 Tumor more than 2 cm but not more than 4 cm in greatest dimension
T3 Tumor more than 4 cm but not more than 6 cm in greatest dimension
T4 Tumor more than 6 cm in greatest dimension
LYMPH NODE (N)
NX Regional lymph nodes cannot be assessed
N0 No regional lymph node metastasis
N1 Regional lymph node metastasis
N2 Metastasis in a single ipsilateral lymph node, more than 3 cm but not
more than 6 cm in greast dimension, or in multiple ipsilateral lymph nodes,
none more than 6 cm in greatest dimension, or in bilateral or in contralateral
lymph nodes, none more than 6 cm in greatest dimension
N2a Metastasis in a single ipsilateral lymph node more than 3 cm but not
more than 6 cm in greatest dimension
N2b Metastasis in multiple ipsilateral lymph nodes, none more than 6 cm
in greatest dimension
N2c Metastasis in bilateral or contralateral lymph nodes, none more than
6 cm in greatest dimension
N3 Metastasis in a lymph node more than 6 cm in greastest dimension
DISTANT METASTASIS (M)
MX Presence of distant metastasis cannot be assessed
M0 No distant metastasis
M1 Distant metastasis
Pathologic Stage By:
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STAGE GROUPING
I T1a N0 M0
T2a N0 M0II T1b N0 M0
T2b N0 M0
T3a N0 M0
III
T3b N0 M0
T4a N0 M0
Any
T (Except T4b) N1 M0
IV
T4b Any N M0
Any
T N2 M0
Any
T N3 M0
Any T Any N M1
Attending: ______________________________________
THE FINAL STAGE GROUPING (CLINICAL & PATHOLOGICAL) IS THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN.
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