Preferred Label : Stage III Anal Canal Cancer AJCC v6 and v7;
NCIt synonyms : Stage III Anal Canal Cancer AJCC v6; Stage III Anal Canal Carcinoma AJCC v6 and v7; Stage III Anal Carcinoma AJCC v6 and v7; Stage III Anal Canal Cancer; Stage III Anal Canal Cancer AJCC v7;
NCIt related terms : stage III anal cancer;
NCIt definition : Stage III includes: IIIA (T1, N1, M0); (T2, N1, M0); (T3, N1, M0); (T4, N0, M0); IIIB
(T4, N1, M0); (Any T, N2, M0); (Any T, N3, M0). T1: Tumor 2 cm or less in greatest
dimension. T2: tumor more than 2 cm but not more than 5 cm in greatest dimension.
T3: Tumor more than 5 cm in greatest dimension. T4: Tumor of any size that invades
adjacent organ(s). N1: Metastasis in perirectal lymph node(s). N2: Metastasis in unilateral
internal iliac and/or inguinal lymph node(s). N3: Metastasis in perirectal and inguinal
lymph nodes and/or bilateral internal iliac and/or inguinal lymph nodes. M0: No distant
metastasis. (AJCC 6th and 7th Eds.);
Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: Stage III anal cancer is divided into stages IIIA and IIIB. In stage IIIA,
the tumor may be any size and has spread to either (1) lymph nodes near the rectum;
or (2) nearby organs, such as the vagina, urethra, and bladder. In stage IIIB, the
tumor may be any size and has spread to (1) nearby organs and to lymph nodes near
the rectum; or (2) lymph nodes on one side of the pelvis and/or groin, and may have
spread to nearby organs; or (3) lymph nodes near the rectum and in the groin, and/or
to lymph nodes on both sides of the pelvis and/or groin, and may have spread to nearby
organs.;
Neoplastic status : Malignant;
Codes from synonyms : CDR0000045310;
Origin ID : C7776;
UMLS CUI : C4520717;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
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