of the Oesophagus

T – tumour

N – node

M – metastases

Primary tumour cannot be assessed

Regional lymph nodes cannot be assessed

No distant metastasis

No evidence of primary tumour

No regional lymph node metastasis

Tis

Carcinoma in situ/high-grade dysplasia

1–2 regional lymph nodes (N1 is site dependent)

Distant metastasis

Lamina propria or submucosa

3–6 regional lymph nodes

T1a

Lamina propria or muscularis mucosae

More than 6 regional lymph nodes

T1b

Submucosa

Muscularis propria

Adventitia

Adjacent structures

T4a

Pleura, pericardium, diaphragm or adjacent peritoneum (resectable tumour)

T4b

Other adjacent structures (e.g. aorta, vertebral body, trachea) – unresectable tumour

Table 2

Clinical stage grouping/prognostic group

	Squamous cell carcinoma					Adenocarcinoma
Stage	T	N	M	Grade	Location	T	N	M	Grade
0	Tis (HGD)	N0	M0	1, X	Any	Tis (HGD)	N0	M0	1, X
IA	T1	N0	M0	1, X	Any	T1	N0	M0	1–2, X
1B	T1	N0	M0	2–3	Any	T1	N0	M0	3
1B	T2-T3	N0	M0	1, X	Lower, X	T2	N0	M0	1–2
IIA	T2-3	N0	M0	1, X	Upper, middle	T2	N0	M0	3
IIA	T2-3	N0	M0	2–3	Lower, X	–	–	–	–
IIB	T2-3	N0	M0	2–3	Upper, middle	T3	N0	M0	Any
IIB	T1-2	N1	M0	Any	Any	T1-2	N1	M0	Any
IIIA	TI-2	N2	M0	Any	Any	T1-2	N2	M0	Any
	T3	N1	M0	Any	Any	T3	N1	M0	Any
	T4a	N0	M0	Any	Any	T4a	N0	M0	Any
IIIB	T3	N2	M0	Any	Any	T3	N2	M0 Only gold members can continue reading. Log In or Register to continue Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Related Related posts: Social Organization, and Outcome on Cancer Management in the Tropical Areas and Mechanism of Carcinogenesis of Schistosomiasis and Mechanism of Carcinogenesis of the Retrovirus HIV Cancer Care Cancer Stay updated, free articles. Join our Telegram channel Tags: Tropical Hemato-Oncology Sep 20, 2016 \| Posted by admin in HEMATOLOGY \| Comments Off on of the Oesophagus Full access? Get Clinical Tree Get Clinical Tree app for offline access Get Clinical Tree app for offline access