Preferred Label : Stage III Appendix Carcinoma AJCC v8;
NCIt synonyms : Stage III Appendiceal Carcinoma AJCC v8;
NCIt related terms : Stage III Appendix Cancer;
NCIt definition : Stage III includes: IIIA: (T1, N1, M0); (T2, N1, M0); IIIB: (T3, N1, M0); (T4, N1,
M0); IIIC: (Any T, N2, M0). T1: Tumor invades the submucosa (through the muscularis
mucosa but not into the muscularis propria). T2: Tumor invades the muscularis propria.
T3: Tumor invades through the muscularis propria into the subserosa or the mesoappendix.
T4: Tumor invades the visceral peritoneum, including the acellular mucin or mucinous
epithelium involving the serosa of the appendix or mesoappendix, and/or directly invades
adjacent organs or structures. N1: One to three regional lymph nodes are positive
(tumor in lymph node measuring 0.2 mm or more) or any number of tumor deposits is
present, and all identifiable lymph nodes are negative. N2: Four or more regional
lymph nodes are positive. M0: No distant metastasis. (AJCC 8th ed.);
Neoplastic status : Malignant;
NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL521908;
Origin ID : C134125;
UMLS CUI : C4525042;
Disease excludes abnormal cell
- Has associated anatomic sites
- Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
- disease_excludes_finding
- disease_has_abnormal_cell
- disease_has_finding
- disease_has_normal_cell_origin
- disease_has_normal_tissue_origin
- disease_has_primary_anatomic_site
- disease_is_stage
