Table 2. Regional Lymph Nodes (N)a
| aReprinted with permission from AJCC: Testis. In: Edge SB, Byrd DR, Compton CC, et al., eds.: AJCC Cancer Staging Manual. 7th ed. New York, NY: Springer, 2010, pp 469-78. | |
| Clinical | |
| NX | Regional lymph nodes cannot be assessed. |
| N0 | No regional lymph node metastasis. |
| N1 | Metastasis with a lymph node mass ≤2 cm in greatest dimension; or multiple lymph nodes, none >2 cm in greatest dimension. |
| N2 | Metastasis with a lymph node mass >2 cm but not >5 cm in greatest dimension; or multiple lymph nodes, any one mass >2 cm but not >5 cm in greatest dimension. |
| N3 | Metastasis with a lymph node mass >5 cm in greatest dimension. |
| Pathologic (pN) | |
| pNX | Regional lymph nodes cannot be assessed. |
| pN0 | No regional lymph node metastasis. |
| pN1 | Metastasis with a lymph node mass ≤2 cm in greatest dimension and ≤5 nodes positive, none >2 cm in greatest dimension. |
| pN2 | Metastasis with a lymph node mass >2 cm but not >5 cm in greatest dimension; or >5 nodes positive, none >5 cm; or evidence of extranodal extension of tumor. |
| pN3 | Metastasis with a lymph node mass >5 cm in greatest dimension. |
