Table 1.
AJCC 6th edition
pN0 (sn) | No metastasis-sentinel lymph node |
pN0 (i+) | Isolated tumor cells (single cells or cell deposits) no larger than 0.2 mm |
pN1mi | Metastatic lesion larger than 0.2–2.0 mm |
pN1mi (i+) | H&E stain negative but IHC stain detected micrometastasis |
pN0 (mol-) | Negative molecular findings using RT-PCR |
pN0 (mol+) | Positive molecular findings using RT-PCR |
AJCC, American Joint Committee of Cancer; H&E, hematoxylin and eosin; IHC, immunohistochemical; RT-PCR, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction.