Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection as Primary Treatment for Metastatic Seminoma

Table 2

Stage II seminoma.

IIA	Any pT/Tx	N1	M0	S0 or S1
IIB	Any pT/Tx	N2	M0	S0 or S1
IIC	Any pT/Tx	N3	M0	S0 or S1

cN1 = metastases to single or multiple retroperitoneal lymph nodes ≤2 cm in size; cN2 = metastases to single or multiple retroperitoneal lymph nodes 2–5 cm in size; cN3 = metastases to single or multiple retroperitoneal lymph nodes >5 cm in size; pN1 = metastases to single or multiple retroperitoneal lymph nodes ≤2 cm in size, no more than 5 positive lymph nodes; pN2 = metastases to single or multiple retroperitoneal lymph nodes 2–5 cm in size, metastases to >5 lymph nodes with none >5 cm in size, extranodal extension; pN3 = metastases to single or multiple retroperitoneal lymph nodes >5 cm in size. Used with the permission of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC), Chicago, Illinois. The original source for this material is the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, seventh edition (2010) published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC, www.springer.com.