Grade Post Therapy Clin (yc)

Notes

**Note 1:** Leave Grade Post Therapy Clin (yc) blank when * No neoadjuvant therapy * Clinical or pathological case only * Neoadjuvant therapy completed, no microscopic exam is done prior to surgery/resection of primary tumor * There is only one grade available and it cannot be determined if it is clinical, pathological, post therapy clinical or post therapy pathological **Note 2:** Assign the highest grade from the microscopically sampled specimen of the primary site following neoadjuvant therapy or primary systemic/radiation therapy. **Note 3:** If there are multiple tumors with different grades abstracted as one primary, code the highest grade. **Note 4:** Codes L and H take priority over A-D. **Note 5:** Code 9 (unknown) when * Microscopic exam is done after neoadjuvant therapy and grade from the primary site is not documented * Microscopic exam is done after neoadjuvant therapy and there is no residual cancer * Grade checked “not applicable” on CAP Protocol (if available) and no other grade information is available

NAACCR Item

NAACCR #1068

Metadata

SSDI
Code Description
L LG: Low grade: round monomorphic nuclei with only mild to moderate nuclear size variation, indistinct nucleoli, and chromatin characteristics resembling those of normal parathyroid or of adenoma
H HG: High grade: more pleomorphism, with a nuclear size variation greater than 4:1; prominent nuclear membrane irregularities; chromatin alterations, including hyperchromasia or margination of chromatin; and prominent nucleoli. High-grade tumors show several discrete confluent areas with nuclear changes
A Well differentiated
B Moderately differentiated
C Poorly differentiated
D Undifferentiated, anaplastic
9 Grade cannot be assessed (GX); Unknown
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