Transitional cell carcinoma staging
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Staging
Staging helps guide future treatment and follow-up and gives you some idea of what to expect in the future.
The TNM (Tumor, Nodes, Metastasis) staging system categorizes bladder cancer using the following scale:
- Stage 0 -- Noninvasive tumors that are only in the bladder lining
- Stage I -- Tumor goes through the bladder lining, but does not reach the muscle layer of the bladder
- Stage II -- Tumor goes into the muscle layer of the bladder
- Stage III -- Tumor goes past the muscle layer into tissue surrounding the bladder
- Stage IV -- Tumor has spread to neighboring lymph nodes or to distant sites (metastatic disease)