Preferred Label : Stage III Penile Cancer AJCC v7;
NCIt synonyms : Stage III Penile Cancer;
NCIt definition : Stage III includes: IIIa (T1-3, N1, M0); IIIb (T1-3, N2, M0). T1: Tumor invades subepithelial
connective tissue without lymph vascular invasion and is not poorly differentiated
(i.e., grade 3-4) or tumor invades subepithelial connective tissue with lymph vascular
invasion or is poorly differentiated. T2: Tumor invades corpus spongiosum or cavernosum.
T3: Tumor invades urethra. cN1: Palpable mobile unilateral inguinal lymph node. pN1:
Metastasis in a single inguinal lymph node. cN2: Palpable mobile multiple or bilateral
inguinal lymph nodes. pN2: Metastasis in multiple or bilateral superficial inguinal
lymph nodes. M0: No distant metastasis. (AJCC 7th ed.);
Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: Cancer has spread to connective tissue or erectile tissue of the penis
and to more than one lymph node in the groin; or cancer has spread to the urethra
or prostate and may have spread to one or more lymph nodes in the groin.;