Vulvar cancer staging
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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Overview
Staging
Preclinical staging has been supplemented by surgical staging since 1988. FIGO’s revised staging TNM classification system uses criteria of tumor size (T), involvement of lymph nodes (N), and metastasis (M). Stage I describes the early stage of the cancer that still appears to be confined to the site of origin, stage II and III define less or more extensive extensions to neighboring tissue and lymph nodes, while stage IV indicates metastatic disease.[1]
References
- ↑ International Federation of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (FIGO) (2000). "Staging classification and clinical practice guidelines of gynaecologic cancers" (PDF). Retrieved 2006-10-13.