Adjust Path T, N, M Defaults if No Clinical exam done or No Pathologic procedure done
Notes
**Note 1:** A cancer may have only clinical information if no pathologic procedure (like a resection) is done. In these cases, the Pathologic T, N and M will be left blank. The algorithm will set the Derived Pathologic Stage Group to 99. The Clinical T, N and M will be used for the Combined fields. **Note 2:** Similarly, a cancer may not have had a clinical workup, but pathologic information is available. In these cases, the Clinical T and N will be left blank. The algorithm will set the Derived Clinical Stage Group based on the defaults of TX and NX. Generally, if Clin M is set to M0, the Clinical Stage Group will be set to 99, and if Clin M is set to a variation of M1, then the Clinical Stage Group will be set to IV. The Pathologic T, N and M will be used for the Combined fields. **Note 3:** The medical record may only have the stage group and not the T, N and M values. In this case, the stage group will be copied into the derived stage group. If there are values for one set of T, N and M (Clinical or Pathologic) only a stage group for the other, the T, N and M values that are present will determine the Combined T, N and M values.| Clinical T | Clinical N | Clinical M | Directly Assigned Clin Stage | Pathologic T | Pathologic N | Pathologic M | Directly Assigned Path Group | Derived Clin Stage Group | Derived Path Stage Group | Combined T after Adjustments | Source of Combined T | Combined N after Adjustments | Source of Combined N | Combined M after Adjustments | Source of Combined M |
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| <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> |
| <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <Any value> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <Any value> | {{clin_stage_group_direct}} | {{path_stage_group_direct}} | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> |
| <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <Any value> | 88 | 88 | 88 | <Any value> | {{clin_stage_group_direct}} | MATCH | 88 | 9 | 88 | 9 | 88 | 9 |
| 88 | 88 | 88 | <Any value> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <Any value> | MATCH | {{path_stage_group_direct}} | 88 | 9 | 88 | 9 | 88 | 9 |
| <Any value> | <Any value> | <Any value> | <Any value> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <Any value> | MATCH | {{path_stage_group_direct}} | {{tmp_clin_t}} | 1 | {{tmp_clin_n}} | 1 | {{tmp_clin_m}} | 1 |
| <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <BLANK> | <Any value> | <Any value> | <Any value> | <Any value> | <Any value> | {{clin_stage_group_direct}} | MATCH | {{tmp_path_t}} | 2 | {{tmp_path_n}} | 2 | {{tmp_path_m}} | 2 |
| <Any value> | <Any value> | <Any value> | <Any value> | <Any value> | <Any value> | <Any value> | <Any value> | MATCH | MATCH | MATCH | MATCH | MATCH | MATCH | MATCH | MATCH |