TNM 7 Stage Group

This input is used for staging

Notes

**Note 1:** SEER*RSA added additional information to UICC 7th edition stages with UICC approval. If your registry submits the directly assigned Stage Groups to agencies other than SEER, please check the AJCC 7th edition manual to ensure you are using the appropriate logic. **Note 2:** The stage group below is valid in AJCC 7th edition, but not UICC. Approved by UICC. * Stage III - Any T, Any N, M1, SX **Note 3:** While the stage group below is valid, the specified TNM combination is only included in SEER*RSA. * Stage Group III - Any T, Any N, M1, S0-S3 - M1 is not included in the stage group definition **Note 4:** Serum Tumor Markers are used to calculate S Stage. They can be found in the following site-specific factors * **SSF 13: Post-Orchiectomy Alpha Fetoprotein (AFP) Range** * **SSF 15: Post-Orchiectomy Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) Range** * **SSF 16: Post-Orchiectomy Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) Range** The S Stage is set using the following logic * SX - Serum marker studies not available * S0 - Serum marker study levels within normal limits * S1 - LDH: < 1.5 x N AND hCG: < 5000 AND AFP < 1000 * S2 - LDH: 1.5 to 10 x N OR hCG: 5000 to 50,000 OR AFP: 1000 to 10,000 * S3 - LDH: > 10 x N OR hCG: > 50,000 OR AFP: > 10,000

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NAACCR Item

NAACCR #970

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Stage	Stage Display	T	N	M	S Stage
1	I	T4	N0	M0	SX
1B	IB	T4	N0	M0	S0
1S	IS	T4,X	N0	M0	S1-S3
2	II	T4,X	N1-3	M0	SX
2A	IIA	T4,X	N1	M0	S0,S1
2B	IIB	T4,X	N2	M0	S0,S1
2C	IIC	T4,X	N3	M0	S0,S1
3	III	T4,X T4,X	Any N Any N	M1 M1a	Any SX
3A	IIIA	T4,X	Any N	M1a	S0,S1
3B	IIIB	T4,X T4,X	N1-3 Any N	M0 M1a	S2 S2
3C	IIIC	T4,X T4,X T4,X	N1-3 Any N Any N	M0 M1a M1b	S3 S3 Any
99	Unknown	T4,X TX	NX N0	M0 M0	Any S0,SX
88	Not Applicable	88	88	88	Any