Every effort has been made to provide current, accurate information. If you feel an error has been published then contact me immediately. The answers are reflective of the 5th Edition of the AJCC Staging Handbook,1998 1. Lumpectomy with axillary lymph node dissection reveals a 2.1 cm grade 3 ductal carcinoma with 12 ipsilateral lymph nodes negative for metastatic disease. Surgical margins are uninvolved.
Bone scan negative.
N0M0 Stage IIB d. T3 N1 M0 Stage IIIA 2. Sigmoid resection reveals this adenocarcinoma to be 2.1x1.7x1.5cm in size and seven out of fifteen inferior mesenteric lymph nodes were positive for disease. The tumor focally extends into the subserosa. Chest radiography is negative.