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Question 6#

In the report of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (2018), which of the following is CORRECT?

A. T1c disease may be visible using multiparametric MRI
B. Non-regional lymph node involvement is defined as N2
C. Tumour invading into, but not through, the capsule is defined as pT3a disease
D. pT3b indicates involvement of the seminal vesicles after radical prostatectomy
E. Impalpable prostate cancer present in both lobes in TRUS biopsies is defined as T1b

Correct Answer is D

Comment:

Answer D

T1 disease is not palpable or visible with imaging, non-regional (extrapelvic) lymph node involvement is classified M1a. Tumour involving but not penetrating through the capsule is pT2 (p denotes ‘pathological’). Tumour found in both lobes by needle biopsy, but not palpable or visible by imaging, is classified as T1c.