FIGO Proposal for Staging Cancer of the Ovary, Fallopian Tube and ...

New Stage III - FIGO 2012IIIOne or both ovaries, fallopian tubes, or primary peritoneal cancer withpathologically proved spread to the peritoneum outside the pelvis and/ormetastasis to the retroperitoneal lymph nodesIIIA Metastasis to the retroperitoneal lymph nodes with or without microscopicperitoneal involvement beyond the pelvisIIIA1Positive retroperitoneal lymph nodes onlyIIIA1(i) Metastasis (≤ 1 cm in size)IIIA1(ii) Metastasis (> 1 cm in size)IIIA2Microscopic extrapelvic peritoneal involvement with or without positiveretroperitoneal lymph nodesIIIB Macroscopic peritoneal metastasis beyond the pelvis 2 cm or less with or withoutmetastasis to the retroperitoneal lymph nodesIIIC Macroscopic peritoneal metastasis beyond the pelvis more than 2 cm with orwithout metastasis to the retroperitoneal lymph nodes(Note 1: includes extension of tumor to capsule of liver and spleen without parenchymalinvolvement of either organ)