Description

A differentiated thyroid carcinoma can be staged using the 8th edition of the American Joint Commission on Cancer (AJCC) Staging Manual.


Patient selection: differentiated (follicular or papillary) thyroid carcinoma

 

Parameters:

(1) age of the patient

(2) T code

(3) N code

(4) M code

 

Age

T Code

N Code

M Code

Stage

< 55 years

NA

NA

M0

I

< 55 years

NA

NA

M1

II

>= 55 years

T1 or T2

N0, NX

M0

I

>= 55 years

T1 or T2

N1

M0

II

>= 55 years

T3

NA

M0

II

>= 55 years

T4a

NA

M0

III

>= 55 years

T4b

NA

M0

IVA

>= 55 years

NA

NA

M1

IVB

 


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