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.