The TNM system: only 3 letters for a rich but sometimes ambiguous language
Belleannée, Gève.
Annales de Pathologie 26(6): 435-44; Quiz 418
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0242-6498 PMID: 17255903 Document Number: 602988
The T (tumor), N (node) and M (metastasis) staging system classifies tumors according to the anatomic extent. Since its first publication in 1940, the TNM classification has been periodically updated. This article reviews the main changes of the last edition and potential practical difficulties in interpretation of pN0 status, residual tumor, definition and classification of micrometastases and isolated tumoral cells, yTNM, use of X classification.
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