Table 4.

Re-staging consists of tumor deposits and lymph node staging

The new pathology lymph node staging (npN)
N1a	N1aTDs-
N1b	N0TDs ≤ 4, N1aTDs ≤ 4, N1bTDs-
N1c	N0TDs > 4
N2a	N1bTDs ≤ 4, N2aTDs-
N2b	N2aTDs ≤ 4, N2bTDs-
N2c	N1aTDs > 4, N1bTDs > 4, N2bTDs ≤ 4
clinical metastasis	N2aTDs > 4, N2bTDs > 4