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Med. Term. Review12
Disease staging systems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| TNM system | T- tumor (size of primary tumor) N- nodes (# of regional lymph nodes affected) M- metastases (presence or absence of metastases to other sites in the body) |
| Bethesda system | cervical cancer |
| CIN classification | cervical cancer C - cervical I - intraepithelial N - neoplasia |
| Clark level | malignant melanoma |
| Dukes classification | cancer of the colon or rectum |
| FIGO staging | ovarian cancer |
| Gleason score | adenocarcinoma of the prostate gland |
| Jewett classification | bladder carcinoma |
| Tanner staging | describes the development of the female breasts from childhood through puberty |