A female presents with a breast lump of size 6 cm. On examination axillary lymph nodes on ipsilateral side are found to be enlarged and fixed. TNM staging is:: (A) T3 N2, (B) T2 N2, (C) T4 N2, (D) T1 N1
Answer is A. Tumour size more than 5 cm corresponds to T3 and finding of ipsilateral axillary lymph node, which are fixed, corresponds to N2a therefore the TNM staging in this case is T3 N2. Ref: Schwaz 9/e, Page 452 ; CSDT 13/e, Page 291