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. 2021 Apr 16;13(8):1931. doi: 10.3390/cancers13081931

Table 1.

International Society of Cutaneous Lymphomas (ISCL)/European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) revision to the staging of mycosis fungoides (MF) and Sézary syndrome (SS). T: skin, N: lymph node, M: viscera, B: blood, OS: overall survival, DSS: disease-free survival. N/S: not specified. a Data extracted from [18].

Stage T N M B Median OS (Years) 5 Year OS a (%) 5 Year DSS (%)
Early IA 1 0 0 0–1
Limited patches or plaques
<10% skin surface
No nodal involvement No visceral involvement <1000 atypical cells 35.5 N/S 98
IB 2 0 0 0–1
Patches or plaques
≥10% skin surface
No nodal involvement No visceral involvement <1000 atypical cells 21.5 86 89
IIA 1–2 1–2 0 0–1
Any patches or plaques Aggregates of atypical cells No visceral involvement <1000 atypical cells 15.8 N/S 89
Advanced IIB 3 0–2 0 0–1
Tumoral lesions No involvement or aggregates of atypical cells No visceral involvement <1000 atypical cells 4.7 62 56
III 4 0–2 0 0–1
Erythroderma No involvement or aggregates of atypical cells No visceral involvement <1000 atypical cells 4.7 N/S 56
IIIA 4 0–2 0 0
Erythroderma No involvement or aggregates of atypical cells No visceral involvement <250 atypical cells 4.7 60 54
IIIB 4 0–2 0 1
Erythroderma No involvement or aggregates of atypical cells No visceral involvement 250–1000 atypical cells 3.4 54 48
IVA1 1–4 0–2 0 2
Any skin involvement No involvement or aggregates of atypical cells No visceral involvement >1000 atypical cells + clonality 3.8 52 41
IVA2 1–4 3 0 0–2
Any skin involvement Partial or complete effacement of nodal architecture No visceral involvement <1000 or >1000 atypical cells + clonality 2.1 34 23
IVB 1–4 0–3 1 0–2
Any skin involvement Any nodal involvement Visceral involvement <1000 or >1000 atypical cells + clonality 1.4 23 18