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Stage III bladder cancer
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Definition 1
Cancer has spread from the bladder to the layer of fat surrounding it and may have spread to the reproductive organs (prostate, seminal vesicles, uterus, or vagina). (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
Stage III includes: (T3a, N0, M0); (T3b, N0, M0); (T4a, N0, M0). T3a: Tumor microscopically invades perivesical tissue. T3b: Tumor macroscopically invades perivesical tissue (extravesical mass). T4a: Tumor invades prostatic stroma, uterus, vagina. N0: No regional lymph node metastasis. M0: No distant metastasis. (AJCC 6th and 7th eds.) (NCI Thesaurus)
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