World Health Organization and European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors classification of adrenocortical carcinoma
World Health Organization and European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors classification of adrenocortical carcinoma
Stage*
UICC/WHO 2004
ENSAT
I
T1, N0, M0
T1, N0, M0
II
T2, N0, M0
T2, N0, M0
III
T3, N0, M0
T3-4, N0, M0
T1-2, N1, M0
T1-4, N1, M0
IV
T3, N1, M0
Any M1
T4, N0-1, M0
Any M1
UICC: Union Internationale contre le Cancer; WHO: World Health Organization; ENSAT: European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors. * T1: tumor ≤5 cm; T2: tumor >5 cm; T3: tumor infiltration in surrounding tissue; T4: tumor invasion in adjacent organs (ENSAT - also venous tumor thrombus in vena cava or renal vein); N0: no positive lymph nodes; M0: no distance metastases; N1: positive lymph nodes; M1: presence of distant metastasis.
Reproduced from: Zini L, Porpiglia F, Fassnact M. Contemporary management of adrenocortical carcinoma. Eur Urol 2011; 60:1055. Table used with the permission of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.