Criteria

American Joint Committee on Cancer TNM staging system (version 9)[29]​ 

The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system describes the extent of disease based on the following anatomical factors:

  • Size and extent of the primary tumour (T)

  • Regional lymph node involvement (N)

  • Presence or absence of distant metastases (M).

Non-anatomical prognostic factors (e.g., tumour grade, biomarkers) may be used to supplement the staging of certain cancers.

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