Preferred Label : N3a TNM Finding;
NCIt synonyms : N3a Regional Lymph Nodes Finding; N3a; N3a Lymph Node Finding; N3a Node Finding;
NCIt related terms : N3a Stage Finding;
NCIt definition : A general term that refers to a TNM finding of cancer metastases in multiple lymph
nodes. The definition of N3a TNM finding depends on the specific type of cancer that
it refers to; for example, for breast cancer it refers to metastases in 10 or more
axillary lymph nodes (at least one tumor deposit greater than 2.0 mm) or metastases
to the infraclavicular (level III axillary) lymph nodes; for gastric cancer it refers
to metastases in 7-15 regional lymph nodes; for nasopharyngeal cancer it refers to
metastases to one or more lymph nodes greater than 6 cm in greatest dimension.;
Origin ID : C48715;
UMLS CUI : C1709108;
Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
