staging
pathological stage
surgical stage, relies on clinical staging, surgery- remove cancer and nearby lymphnodes moer precise info
Tx
cant be measured
clinical staging vs patho staging
clinical - based on info before treatment, used to determine treatment options, patho staging is clinical data plus surgery and patho report, used to evaluate end results
T# (1,2,3,4)
describe tumor size and/or amounts of spread to nearby structure
M1
has spread
staging
how much cancer is in a persons body to determine the best treatment options
which cancers aren't staged
leukemia
M
metastasis
M0
no distant cancer
T0
no evidence of primary tumor
N
nodes
Tis
only growing in most superficial layer of tissue (in situ or precancer)
T
original primary tumor, aspects of tumor, size depth, location
when is staging done
when first diagnosed and does not change regardless of how the cancer progresses