Patients with papillary thyroid microcarcinomas detected incidentally ... were classified according to the 6th edition UICC TNM classification and compared with the prior, 5th edition, classification.

Thyroid cancer is a type of cancer that starts ... Your doctor determines your TNM categories from looking at test results (blood tests, X-rays, etc.) and from physically examining you.

However, these cells haven't yet developed into a thyroid carcinoma tumor. The TNM staging system for cancer was developed by Pierre Denoix of France in the 1940s. Under this system, the "T ...

Staging for thyroid cancer generally follows the TNM staging system. This is made up of classifications about the tumor (T), the lymph nodes (N), and whether the cancer has metastasized (M).