CS Tumor Size/Ext Eval

This input is used for staging

Default

9

NAACCR Item

NAACCR #2820
Code Description Staging Basis
0 Does not meet criteria for AJCC pathologic staging:

No surgical resection done. Evaluation based on physical examination, imaging examination, or other non-invasive clinical evidence. No autopsy evidence used.		 c
1 Meets criteria for AJCC pathologic staging:

No surgical resection done. Evaluation based on endoscopic examination, diagnostic biopsy, including fine needle aspiration biopsy, or other invasive techniques including surgical observation without biopsy. No autopsy evidence used.		 p
2 Meets criteria for AJCC pathologic staging:

No surgical resection done, but evidence derived from autopsy (tumor was suspected or diagnosed prior to autopsy)		 p
3 Meets criteria for AJCC pathologic staging:

Surgical resection performed WITHOUT pre-surgical systemic treatment or radiation OR surgical resection performed, unknown if pre-surgical systemic treatment or radiation performed. Evidence acquired before treatment, supplemented or modified by the additional evidence acquired during and from surgery, particularly from pathologic examination of the resected specimen.		 p
5 Does not meet criteria for AJCC y-pathologic (yp) staging:

Surgical resection performed AFTER neoadjuvant therapy and tumor size/extension based on clinical evidence, unless the pathologic evidence at surgery (AFTER neoadjuvant) is more extensive (see code 6).		 c
6 Meets criteria for AJCC y-pathologic (yp) staging:

Surgical resection performed AFTER neoadjuvant therapy AND tumor size/extension based on pathologic evidence, because pathologic evidence at surgery is more extensive than clinical evidence before treatment.		 yp
8 Meets criteria for autopsy (a) staging:

Evidence from autopsy only (tumor was unsuspected or undiagnosed prior to autopsy)		 a
9 Unknown if surgical resection done
Not assessed; cannot be assessed
Unknown if assessed
Not documented in patient record		 c