Items tagged “staging”

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Testicular cancer (staging)

The staging for testicular tumours is performed according to the TNM system with staging groupings. It can be remembered in its abbreviated form as:  stage I: confined to testis, epididymis, spermatic cord, scrotum stage II: lymph nodes involved but no distant metastases and serum tumour marke...
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Littre hernia

Littre hernias are hernias (alternative plural: herniae) containing a Meckel diverticulum, and are also known as persistent omphalomesenteric duct hernias. They are most frequently encountered in the inguinal region. Radiographic features CT blind-ending tubular structure arising from antimes...
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Bismuth-Corlette classification

The Bismuth-Corlette classification is a classification system for perihilar cholangiocarcinomas, which is based on the extent of ductal infiltration 1,2.   Classification type I limited to the common hepatic duct, below the level of the confluence of the right and left hepatic ducts type II...
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Malignant pleural mesothelioma (TNM staging)

Below is the eighth edition of the TNM staging system for malignant pleural mesothelioma, which was published in 2018 1. T - Tumour Tx: primary tumour cannot be assessed T0: no evidence of primary tumour T1 involving ipsilateral parietal pleura (inc. mediastinal and diaphragmatic pleura) +/...
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Ovarian cancer (staging)

The most commonly adopted ovarian cancer staging system is the FIGO staging system. The most recent staging system is from 2014 1: CT is considered the best imaging modality for staging ovarian cancer 4. stage I:  tumour limited to the ovaries stage Ia:  ​tumour limited to one ovary capsule...
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Colorectal carcinoma - extramural spread (gross pathology)

  Diagnosis certain
Andrew Ryan
Published 24 May 2012
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Pathology
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Metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma

  Diagnosis certain
Anna Margherita Maffione
Published 05 Jan 2015
85% complete
Nuclear medicine
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (staging)

Hepatocellular carcinoma staging classifications supersede the typical TNM staging system seen in most other epithelial cancers, as the TNM staging system has been found to not be as prognostically useful for stratification of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Several substitute staging sy...
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Liver cancer (BCLC staging)

Barcelona clinic liver cancer (BCLC) staging uses a set of criteria to guide the management of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The classification takes the following variables into account 1,2: performance status (PS)  Child-Pugh score radiologic tumour extent tumour size mul...
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Barcelona clinic liver cancer (BCLC) staging classification

  Diagnosis not applicable
Matt A. Morgan
Published 17 Feb 2015
32% complete
Diagram
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Okuda staging system

The Okuda staging system was an advance on earlier hepatocellular (HCC) staging classifications, in that it incorporated both cancer-related variables and liver function related variables to determine prognosis 1: disease involving >50% of hepatic parenchyma ascites albumin ≤3 mg/dL bilirubi...
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Cholangiocarcinoma (staging)

Cholangiocarcinoma staging is most commonly classified using the TNM staging systems of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)/Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), which starting 1 January 2018 is according to its 8th edition. There are separate systems depending on whether the ...
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Lung cancer (staging - IASLC 8th edition)

The IASLC (International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) 8th edition lung cancer staging system was introduced in 2016 and supersedes the IASLC 7th edition. It is a TNM staging system. Standard-of-care lung cancer staging ideally should be performed in a multidisciplinary meeting usin...
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Prostate-seminal vesicle angle (TRUS)

  Diagnosis not applicable
Gustavo Graco
Published 12 May 2020
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Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (staging)

Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma staging is conducted most commonly in accordance with the TNM staging classification of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)/Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). As of 2018, the staging criteria are in their 8th edition and reflected below 1. Th...
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Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS)

The Vesical Imaging–Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) is a structured reporting scheme for multiparametric bladder MRI in the evaluation of suspected bladder cancer. A systematic approach to bladder lesion based on multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) was proposed by the European Association of Urology...
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Invasive ductal carcinoma in left breast

  Diagnosis certain
Shervin Sharifkashani
Published 09 Apr 2022
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Photo CT
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Risser sign of scoliosis staging (illustration)

  Diagnosis not applicable
Leonardo Lustosa
Published 24 Apr 2022
44% complete
Diagram
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Jewett-Strong-Marshall tumour staging system

Jewett-Strong-Marshall tumour staging system for bladder cancer is of historic interest only and has been superseded by the TNM staging system. stage 0: epithelial stage A: submucosal invasion but no involvement of muscle i.e. lamina propria stage B: bladder wall or muscle invasion B1: super...
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Sarcoid-like reaction

  Diagnosis almost certain
Osmay Cardoso
Published 06 Jul 2023
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Nuclear medicine

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