Prostate Cancer Staging Ajcc 8th Edition

The eighth edition of the american joint committee on cancer ajcc tumor node metastasis tnm staging manual has been updated and improved to ensure the highest degree of clinical relevance and to improve its utility for patient evaluation and clinical research.

Prostate cancer staging ajcc 8th edition. The eighth edition of the american joint committee on cancer ajcc tumor node metastasis tnm staging manual has been updated and improved to ensure the highest degree of clinical relevance and to improve its utility for patient evaluation and clinical research. Updates in tnm staging of prostate cancer. There are two types of staging for prostate cancer the first is the clinical stage which is determined based on the results of a physical exam including dre lab. Edition focus on quality of manuscripts.

1 no materials in this presentation may be repurposed in print or online without the express written permission of the american joint committee on cancer. The ajcc tnm staging system is the most widely used system for prostate cancer and is very important for treatment planning. The tnm system for prostate cancer is based on 5 key pieces of information. In the 8th edition of both the ajcc and uicc classifications the pt2 sub categorization of prostate cancer was abandoned but ct sub categorization was retained pt2 sub categorization was included in the original print version of uicc tnm8 but this was removed in the errata published in may 2018 5.

Prostate cancer staging groups ajcc 8th edition table prostate cancer stage groups are determined by tnm pretreatment serum psa and histologic grade 1. The most widely used staging system for prostate cancer is the ajcc american joint committee on cancer tnm system which was most recently updated in 2018. Edition prostate team multidisciplinary effort radiation oncology urologic surgery urologic oncology biostatistics pathology national cancer data base ncdb recent publications since 2008 7. References 1 article features images from this case.

A staging system is a standard way for the cancer care team to describe how far a cancer has spread.