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Response Options to "Tumor extension"


___ Cannot be assessed

___ No evidence of primary tumor

___ Noninvasive papillary carcinoma

___ Urothelial carcinoma in situ, “flat tumor”

___ Tumor invades lamina propria (subepithelial connective tissue)

___ Tumor invades superficial muscularis propria (inner half)

___ Tumor invades deep muscularis propria (outer half)

___ Tumor invades perivesical tissue microscopically

___ Tumor invades perivesical tissue macroscopically (extravesicular mass)

___ Tumor invades prostate# (transmural invasion from the bladder tumor), seminal vesicles, uterus, vagina, or adnexae

___ Tumor invades pelvic wall, abdominal wall, or rectum


#Note: Use the Urethral protocol for tumors that involve the urethral mucosa without invasion, tumors that involve the urethral mucosa with invasion of subepithelial connective tissue/prostate stroma, or tumors that involve prostatic ducts and acini with or without stromal invasion.













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