Table 5. Cross tables for patients included for analysis of TNM stages (the 7th edition vs. the 8th edition) in clinical TNM(cTNM) and pathological TNM(pTNM) (* indicating numbers<11 are suppressed according to the NCDB requriement).
| cTNM stage | 7th edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IA | IB | IIA | IIB | IIIA | IIIB | IV | ||
| 8th edition | IA1 | 161 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| IA2 | 819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| IA3 | 919 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| IB | - | 1,234 | - | 76 | - | - | - | |
| IIA | - | 608 | - | 42 | - | - | - | |
| IIB | - | - | 1,625 | 968 | 50 | - | - | |
| IIIA | - | - | - | 887 | 4,955 | - | - | |
| IIIB | - | - | - | - | 1,655 | 1,820 | - | |
| IIIC | - | - | - | - | - | 661 | - | |
| IVA | - | - | - | - | - | - | 57,776 | |
| IVB | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9,820 | |
| pTNM stage | 7th edition | |||||||
| IA | IB | IIA | IIB | IIIA | IIIB | IV | ||
| 8thedition | IA1 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| IA2 | 165 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| IA3 | 140 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| IB | - | 161 | - | * | - | - | - | |
| IIA | - | 63 | - | * | - | - | - | |
| IIB | - | - | 171 | 57 | * | - | - | |
| IIIA | - | - | - | 47 | 135 | - | - | |
| IIIB | - | - | - | - | 20 | * | - | |
| IIIC | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| IVA | - | - | - | - | - | - | 768 | |
| IVB | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | |