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T stages of prostate cancer. (A) T1—Clinically inapparent tumor, neither palpable nor visible by imaging; (B) T2—Tumor confined within prostate; (C) T3—
Tumor extends through prostate capsule and may invade the seminal vesicles; (D) T4—Tumor is fixed or invades adjacent structures. Eighty percent of
patients present with local disease (T1 and T2), which is associated with a 5-year survival rate of 100%. An additional 12% of patients present with
regional disease (T3 and T4 without metastases), which is also associated with a 100% survival rate after 5 years. Four percent of patients present with
distant disease (T4 with metastases), which is associated with a 30% 5-year survival rate. (Three percent of patients are ungraded.) (Data from AJCC,
http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/prost.html. Figure © Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Medical Graphics; used with permission.)
Source: Chapter 95. Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Prostate, Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 18e
Citation: Longo DL, Fauci AS, Kasper DL, Hauser SL, Jameson J, Loscalzo J. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 18e; 2012 Available at:
http://mhmedical.com/ Accessed: May 07, 2017
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