Physics Bucharest 2017
TNM clinical & pathological
TNM is a dual system with:
• (pretreatment) Clinical classification (cTNM or TNM) • (postsurgical histopathological) Pathological classification (pTNM).
Both classifications are retained unaltered in the patient's record.
• The former is used for the choice of treatment • The latter is used for the estimation of prognosis and the possible selection of adjuvant therapy
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