Stage Information
TNM Definitions
AJCC Stage Groupings
The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) has designated staging by TNM
classification.[1]
TNM Definitions
Primary tumor (T)
- TX: Primary tumor cannot be assessed
- T0: No evidence of primary tumor
- Tis: Carcinoma in situ
- Ta: Noninvasive verrucous carcinoma
- T1: Tumor invades subepithelial connective tissue
- T2: Tumor invades corpus spongiosum or cavernosum
- T3: Tumor invades urethra or prostate
- T4: Tumor invades other adjacent structures
Regional lymph nodes (N)
- NX: Regional lymph nodes cannot be assessed
- N0: No regional lymph node metastasis
- N1: Metastasis in a single superficial, inguinal lymph node
- N2: Metastasis in multiple or bilateral superficial inguinal lymph nodes
- N3: Metastasis in deep inguinal or pelvic lymph node(s), unilateral or
bilateral
Distant metastasis (M)
- MX: Distant metastasis cannot be assessed
- M0: No distant metastasis
- M1: Distant metastasis
AJCC Stage Groupings
Stage 0
Stage I
Stage II
- T1, N1, M0
- T2, N0, M0
- T2, N1, M0
Stage III
- T1, N2, M0
- T2, N2, M0
- T3, N0, M0
- T3, N1, M0
- T3, N2, M0
Stage IV
- T4, any N, M0
- Any T, N3, M0
- Any T, any N, M1
References
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Penis. In: American Joint Committee on Cancer.: AJCC Cancer Staging Manual. 6th ed. New York, NY: Springer, 2002, pp 303-8.
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