NCIt definition : A FIGO stage term that applies to gynecologic cancers. For cervical cancer, it refers
to cancer that invades beyond the cervix, but not to the pelvic wall or lower third
of the vagina and there is parametrial invasion; for endometrial cancer, in the older
FIGO classification stage scheme, it referred to cervical stromal invasion. Stage
IIB for endometrial cancer has been eliminated in the most recent (2010) FIGO classification
stage scheme.;