Cutaneous Melanoma American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Edition 7 Pathologic Regional Lymph Node N Stage

General Details:

Name:
Cutaneous Melanoma American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Edition 7 Pathologic Regional Lymph Node N Stage
Steward:
NCI
Definition:
Extent of the regional lymph node involvement for melanoma of the skin based on evidence obtained from pathologic examination through completion of definitive surgery.
Registration Status:
Retired

Permissible Values:

Data Type:
Value List
Unit of Measure:
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Value Code Name Code Code System Code Description
N0 Cutaneous Melanoma pN0 TNM Finding C48855 NCI Thesaurus Cutaneous melanoma without involvement of regional lymph nodes. (from AJCC 6th and 7th Eds.)
N1 Cutaneous Melanoma pN1 TNM Finding v7 C88387 NCI Thesaurus Cutaneous melanoma with metastasis in one regional lymph node. (from AJCC 7th Ed.)
N1a Cutaneous Melanoma pN1a TNM Finding v7 C88388 NCI Thesaurus Cutaneous melanoma with micrometastasis in one regional lymph node. Micrometastases are diagnosed after sentinel lymph node biopsy and completion of lymphadenectomy (if performed). (from AJCC 7th Ed.)
N1b Cutaneous Melanoma pN1b TNM Finding v7 C88389 NCI Thesaurus Cutaneous melanoma with macrometastasis in one regional lymph node. Macrometastases are defined as clinically detectable nodal metastases confirmed by therapeutic lymphadenectomy or when nodal metastasis exhibits gross extracapsular extension. (from AJCC 7th Ed.)
N2 Cutaneous Melanoma pN2 TNM Finding v7 C88390 NCI Thesaurus Cutaneous melanoma with metastases in 2-3 regional lymph nodes or in transit met(s)/satellite(s) without metastatic nodes. (from AJCC 7th Ed.)
N2a Cutaneous Melanoma pN2a TNM Finding v7 C88391 NCI Thesaurus Cutaneous melanoma with micrometastases in 2-3 regional lymph nodes. Micrometastases are diagnosed after sentinel lymph node biopsy and completion of lymphadenectomy (if performed). (from AJCC 7th Ed.)
N2b Cutaneous Melanoma pN2b TNM Finding v7 C88392 NCI Thesaurus Cutaneous melanoma with macrometastases in 2-3 regional lymph nodes. Macrometastases are defined as clinically detectable nodal metastases confirmed by therapeutic lymphadenectomy or when nodal metastasis exhibits gross extracapsular extension. (from AJCC 7th Ed.)
N2c Cutaneous Melanoma pN2c TNM Finding v7 C88393 NCI Thesaurus Cutaneous melanoma with intralymphatic metastases (in transit or satellite metastases) without metastatic nodes. (from AJCC 7th Ed.)
N3 Cutaneous Melanoma pN3 TNM Finding C48863 NCI Thesaurus Cutaneous melanoma involving four or more regional lymph nodes, or with a finding of matted metastatic nodes, or with in-transit metastasis or satellite(s) with metastasis in regional lymph node(s). (from AJCC 6th and 7th Eds.)
NX Cutaneous Melanoma pNX TNM Finding v7 C88386 NCI Thesaurus Cutaneous melanoma in which the regional lymph nodes cannot be assessed (e.g., previously removed for another reason). (from AJCC 7th Ed.)

Designations:

Designation:
Cutaneous Melanoma American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Edition 7 Pathologic Regional Lymph Node N Stage
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Long Name
Designation:
Pathologic N Stage
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N
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Alternate Question Text

Designations:

Definition:
Extent of the regional lymph node involvement for melanoma of the skin based on evidence obtained from pathologic examination through completion of definitive surgery.
Tags:
Long Name
Definition:
Pathologic N Stage
Tags:
Preferred Question Text
Definition:
N
Tags:
Alternate Question Text

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caDSR_Context
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NCI Standards
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Value:
3357541v1.0:3357588v1.0

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NLM
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caDSR
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3357641
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1