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RCC staging criteria

Characteristics
Stage
Size Location TNM

I ≤7 cm Within kidney T1 N0 M0

Peach II Within kidney T2 N0 M0

T1 N1 M0

Outside kidney (near by veins/perinephric T2 N1 M0
III
>7 cm tissues), within Gerota’s fascia T3 N0 M0
T3 N1 M0

Extended beyond Gerota’s fascia, potentially T4 Any N M0
IV
Gerota’s into the adrenal gland or distant metastasis T4 Any N M1
fascia

TNM: tumour, node, metastasis.
Images adapted from: National Cancer Institute – Renal Cell Cancer Treatment. Available from: https://www.cancer.gov/types/kidney/patient/kidney-treatment-pdq. 12
1. Shao et al. Cancer Med 2018;7:5431-5438.