Preferred Label : Stage II Esophageal Cancer AJCC v6;
NCIt synonyms : Stage II Carcinoma of Esophagus AJCC v6; Stage II Esophagus Carcinoma AJCC v6; Stage II Esophageal Carcinoma AJCC v6; Esophageal Cancer Stage II AJCC v6; Stage II Carcinoma of the Esophagus AJCC v6;
NCIt related terms : stage II cancer of the esophagus; Stage II Esophageal Cancer;
NCIt definition : Stage II includes: IIA: (T2, N0, M0); (T3, N0, M0) and IIB: (TI, NI, M0); (T2, NI,
M0). TI: Tumor invades lamina propria or submucosa. T2: Tumor invades muscularis propria.
T3: Tumor invades adventitia. N0: No regional lymph node metastasis. N1: Regional
lymph node metastasis. M0: No distant metastasis. (AJCC 6th ed.) -2003;
Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: Stage II is divided into stage IIA and stage IIB, depending on where the
cancer has spread. In stage IIA, cancer has spread to the layer of esophageal muscle
or to the outer wall of the esophagus. In stage IIB, cancer may have spread to any
of the first three layers of the esophagus and to nearby lymph nodes.;
Neoplastic status : Malignant;
Codes from synonyms : CDR0000046004;
Origin ID : C9211;
UMLS CUI : C0278560;
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
