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. 2010 Feb;30(1):52–57.

Table III. TNM staging classification.

Stage Sites T Size N M
1 Orbit, head and neck region (excluding parameningeal sites), or the non-bladder and/or non-prostate genito-urinary region T1 or T2 a or b N0 or N1 or Nx M0
2 Bladder/Prostate, extremity, cranial parameningeal, other T1 or T2 a N0 or Nx M0
3 Bladder/Prostate, extremity, cranial parameningeal, other T1 or T2 a b N1 N0 or N1 or Nx M0 M0
4 All T1 or T2 a or b N0 or N1 M1

T1: Confined to anatomic site of origin: a) < 5 cm in diameter; b) > 5 cm in diameter; T2: extension and/or fixative to surrounding tissue: a) < 5 cm in diameter; b) > 5 cm in diameter; N0: lymph nodes not involved; N1: lymph nodes involved; Nx: unknown; M0: no distant metastasis; M1: metastasis present.