TABLE 6-5International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Staging for Cervical Cancers

StageDescription
Stage 0Carcinoma in situ, preinvasive carcinoma (advanced CIN 3)
Stage IInvasive carcinoma strictly confined to cervix
Stage IICarcinoma extending beyond cervix but not to pelvic sidewall; carcinoma involves vagina, but not lower third
Stage IIICarcinoma extending onto pelvic wall; tumor involves lower third of vagina
Stage IVCarcinoma extends beyond true pelvis or clinically involves mucosa of bladder or rectum

From: 6, Compelling Opportunities in Global Cancer Control

Cover of Cancer Control Opportunities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Cancer Control Opportunities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Cancer Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries; Sloan FA, Gelband H, editors.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2007.
Copyright © 2007, National Academy of Sciences.

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