Physics Bucharest 2017

TNM clinical & pathological

TNM is a dual system with:

• (pretreatment) Clinical classification (cTNM or TNM) • (postsurgical histopathological) Pathological classification (pTNM).

Both classifications are retained unaltered in the patient's record.

• The former is used for the choice of treatment • The latter is used for the estimation of prognosis and the possible selection of adjuvant therapy