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🌱 來自: breast cancer
Trick or Mnemonic to remember AJCC Breast Cancer Staging
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想像在玩德州撲克，要去弄懂牌的 → 大小
- T♣️ N❤️ M♠️
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M1 = Stage IV ♠️
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N3 = Stage III - c ❤️❤️❤️
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T4 = Stage III - b or c ♣️♣️♣️♣️
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N2 = Stage III - a or b ❤️❤️
- From above, we know that T4 is
- either Stage III - b or c (cannot be “a” and cannot be “c”)
- T4N2 = Stage IIIb
- Remaining T 1-3 is Stage IIIa
- T 1,2,3 N2 = Stage IIIa
- T 跟 N 加起來
- Add upto make 1: Stage I (T1No)
- Add upto make 2: Stage IIa (T1N1 or T2N0)
- Add upto make 3: Stage IIb (T3N0 or T2N1)
- Add upto make 4: Stage IIIa (T3N1)