FIGO classification

The FIGO classification is a system proposed by the Fédération Internationale de Gynécologie et d'Obstétrique (FIGO) for classifying gynecological tumors . It is used in gynecology alongside the TNM classification of malignant tumors.

The FIGO stages are defined as follows:

stage	Finding
Stage 0	Carcinoma in situ
Stage I.	Tumor limited to the original organ
Stage II	The tumor has spread to the adjacent tissue
Stage III	Expansion to the next organ
Stage IV	Invasion of an adjacent organ, distant metastases

In the case of the various gynecological tumors, the FIGO stages are then subdivided a little more finely and specific classification criteria are established.

See also: endometrial carcinoma (body carcinoma ), breast carcinoma , ovarian carcinoma , vulvar carcinoma , cervical carcinoma

Web links

• Homepage of FIGO
• Staging and clinical guidelines for gynecological tumors from FIGO in Portable Document Format (PDF; 1.3 MB)

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This text is based in whole or in part on the FIGO classification entry in Flexikon , a wiki from DocCheck . The takeover took place on November 23, 2007 under the then valid GNU license for free documentation .