Bladder cancer staging
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Overview
TNM Staging
- Stage 0a[1]
TNM | Definition |
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Ta | Non-invasive papillary urothelial carcinoma |
N0 | No regional lymph node metastasis |
M0 | No distant metastasis |
- Stage 0is
TNM | Definition |
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Tis | Non-invasive flat urothelial carcinoma |
N0 | No regional lymph node metastasis |
M0 | No distant metastasis |
- Stage I
TNM | Definition |
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T1 | The tumor is invasive. It has grown into the lamina propria but has not grown into the muscle of the bladder wall |
N0 | No regional lymph node metastasis |
M0 | No distant metastasis |
- Stage II
TNM | Definition |
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T2a | The tumor has grown into the inner half of the muscle of the bladder wall |
N0 | No regional lymph node metastasis |
M0 | No distant metastasis |
TNM | Definition |
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T2b | The tumor has grown into the outer half of the muscle of the bladder wall |
N0 | No regional lymph node metastasis |
M0 | No distant metastasis |
- Stage III
References
- ↑ Bladder Cancer. Canadian Cancer Society 2015. http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/bladder/staging/?region=ab Accessed on October, 6 2015