Clinical N

This input is used for staging

Notes

Regional lymph nodes

Cervical, NOS
    Submandibular (submaxillary)
Parotid, NOS
    Infra-auricular
    Preauricular

NAACCR Item

NAACCR #950
Clinical N Clinical N Display Description Registrar Notes
cX cNX Regional lymph nodes cannot be assessed Clinical classification criteria met, evaluation done:
Physician unable to assess N
Regional lymph node involvement cannot be determined or findings inconclusive
Physician assigns cNX, no other information available to determine N
c0 cN0 No regional lymph node metastasis
c1 cN1 Regional lymph node metastasis Regional lymph nodes, NOS
Lymph nodes, NOS

Stated as N1
c2 cN2 Not defined by UICC* Distant lymph node involvement

Stated as N2
88 88 Not applicable Primary site/histology not TNM defined
Death certificate only (DCO) case
<BLANK> BLANK See Registrar Notes Clinical classification criteria not met
Clinical classification criteria met, evaluation done:
No information about diagnostic workup
Results not documented in record
Tumor first detected on surgical resection (no clinical workup)
Evidence of metastatic disease [(cM1) or (pM1)], no other workup
Only Clinical Stage Group documented (no T, N, or M information available)

* N2 is not defined in UICC 7th edition. Approval has been provided by UICC to use the definition from the AJCC 7th edition, which is documented in the registrar notes.