Esophageal Cancer T stages Flashcards
1
Q
Invades epithelium/mucosa
A
Tis
2
Q
Invades through basement membrane
A
T1a
3
Q
Invades lamina propria
A
T1a
4
Q
Invades muscularis mucosa
A
T1a
5
Q
Invades submucosa
A
T1b
6
Q
Invades muscularis propria
A
T2
7
Q
Invades adventitia
A
T3
8
Q
Invades through adventitia to surrounding resectable structures
A
T4a
9
Q
Invades through adventitia to surrounding UNresectable structures
A
T4b
10
Q
Tis
A
HGD or cancer of epithelium/mucosa but confined by basement membrane
11
Q
T1a
A
Violates basement membrane but not into submucosa (so within lamina propria or muscularis mucosa)
12
Q
T1b
A
Invades submucosa
13
Q
T2
A
Invades muscularis propria
14
Q
T3
A
invades adventitia
15
Q
T4a
A
Invades through adventitia into adjacent structures that can be resected (pleura, pericardium, azygos, diaphragm, peritoneum)
