TNM staging

TNM staging is the universal system describing tumour size (T), lymph node spread (N), and distant metastasis (M).

AJCC/UICC 8th edition; increasingly incorporates biomarkers (breast prognostic stage includes grade, ER, PR, HER2). Stage I-IV groups drive treatment intent.

Clinical: what this kind of term is about · animated schematic, not to scale

Category

Clinical

Connected

cancers

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Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

institutions

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International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Union for International Cancer Control

pathways

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Basement membrane & tissue barriers Invasion: proteases, adhesion & the invasive front

terms

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Breslow thickness Carcinoma in situ (CIS)Disease-specific staging and risk systems (FIGO, Ann Arbor, IPI, R-ISS, ELN, IMDC)Locally advanced and locoregional disease Lymph node Lymph node status (node-positive / node-negative)Primary tumour Stage

ideas

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A live national dashboard of stage at diagnosis as the scorecard for early detection