Ovarian Cancer Staging Figo
Figo and tnm staging stage i t1 limited to ovaries stage ii t2 pelvic extension below pelvic brim or primary peritoneal carcinoma stage iii t3 and or n1 beyond pelvis and or lymph nodes.
Ovarian cancer staging figo. This includes where it started if it s spread and where it is now. Ct is considered the best imaging modality for staging ovarian cancer. Figo ovarian cancer staging effective jan. Staging is the term doctors use to describe the size and location of a tumor.
Cancer staging is a fundamental principle and one of the first and most important steps used to predict patient outcome as well as to plan the most appropriate treatment. 1 2014 changes are in italics stage i. They both use 3 factors to stage classify this cancer. Tumor confined to ovaries old n ew ia tumor limited to 1 ovary capsule intact no tumor on surface negative washings ascites.
The most recent staging system is from 2014 1. The 2 systems used for staging ovarian cancer the figo international federation of gynecology and obstetrics system and the ajcc american joint committee on cancer tnm staging system are basically the same. Ia tumor limited to 1 ovary capsule intact no tumor on surface negative washings. Ib tumor involves both ovaries.