Summary Stage 2018: Thyroid

Summary Stage 2018

Notes

**Thyroid** 8000-8700, 8720-8790 C739 C739 Thyroid gland **Note 1:** The following sources were used in the development of this chapter * SEER Extent of Disease 1988: Codes and Coding Instructions (3rd Edition, 1998) (https://seer.cancer.gov/archive/manuals/EOD10Dig.3rd.pdf) * SEER Summary Staging Manual-2000: Codes and Coding Instructions (https://seer.cancer.gov/tools/ssm/ssm2000/) * Collaborative Stage Data Collection System, version 02.05: https://cancerstaging.org/cstage/Pages/default.aspx * Chapter 73 *Thyroid-Differentiated and Anaplastic Carcinoma*, in the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, Eighth Edition (2017) published by Springer International Publishing. Used with permission of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois. * Chapter 74 *Thyroid-Medullary*, in the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, Eighth Edition (2017) published by Springer International Publishing. Used with permission of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois. **Note 2:** See the following chapters for the listed histologies * 8710-8714, 8800-8934, 8940-9138, 9141-9582: *Soft Tissue* * 8935-8936: *GIST* * 9140: *Kaposi Sarcoma* * 9700-9701: *Mycosis Fungoides*

NAACCR Item

NAACCR #764
SS2018 Description
0 In situ: noninvasive, intraepithelial
1 Localized only (localized, NOS) - Confined to thyroid, NOS - Into thyroid capsule, but not beyond - Multiple foci confined to thyroid - Single invasive tumor confined to thyroid
2 Regional by direct extension only - Blood vessel(s) (major) + Carotid artery (encased) + Jugular vein + Thyroid artery or vein - Cricoid cartilage - Esophagus - Extrathyroidal extension (microscopic, macroscopic, NOS) - Larynx - Nerves + Recurrent laryngeal + Vagus nerve - Parathyroid - Pericapsular soft tissue/connective tissue - Sternocleidomastoid muscle - Strap muscle(s) + Omohyoid + Sternohyoid + Sternothyroid + Thyrohyoid - Subcutaneous soft tissue - Thyroid cartilage - Trachea - Tumor described as "FIXED to adjacent tissues"
3 Regional lymph node(s) involved only - Level I + Level IA - Submental + Level IB - Submandibular (submaxillary), sublingual - Level II - Upper jugular + Jugulodigastric (subdigastric) + Upper deep cervical + Level IIA - Anterior + Level IIB - Posterior - Level III - Middle jugular + Middle deep cervical - Level IV - Lower jugular + Jugulo-omohyoid (supraomohyoid) + Lower deep cervical + Virchow node - Level V - Posterior triangle group + Posterior cervical + Level VA - Spinal accessory + Level VB - Transverse cervical, supraclavicular - Level VI - Anterior compartment group + Laterotracheal + Paralaryngeal + Paratracheal - above suprasternal notch + Perithyroidal + Precricoid (Delphian) + Prelaryngeal + Pretracheal - above suprasternal notch + Recurrent laryngeal - Level VII - Superior mediastinal group (for other mediastinal node(s) see code 7) + Esophageal groove + Paratracheal - below suprasternal notch + Pretracheal - below suprasternal notch - Other groups + Cervical, NOS + Deep cervical, NOS + Facial * Buccinator (buccal) * Mandibular * Nasolabial + Internal jugular, NOS + Parapharyngeal + Parotid * Infraauricular * Intraparotid * Periparotid * Preauricular + Retroauricular (mastoid) + Retropharyngeal + Suboccipital - Regional lymph node(s), NOS + Lymph node(s), NOS
4 Regional by BOTH direct extension AND regional lymph node(s) involved - Codes (2) + (3)
7 Distant site(s)/lymph node(s) involved - Distant site(s) (including further contiguous extension) + Gross extrathyroidal extension invading * Bone * Mediastinal tissues * Prevertebral fascia * Skeletal muscle, other than strap or sternocleidomastoid muscle - Distant lymph node(s), NOS - Distant metastasis, NOS + Carcinomatosis + Distant mets WITH or WITHOUT distant lymph node(s)
9 Unknown if extension or metastasis
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