T1 |
Tumour limited to external auditory canal without bony erosion or evidence of soft tissue involvement |
T2 |
Tumour with limited external auditory canal bone erosion (not full thickness) or limited (<0.5 cm) soft-tissue involvement |
T3 |
Tumour eroding osseous external auditory canal (full thickness) with limited (<0.5 cm) soft tissue involvement or tumour involving the middle ear and/or mastoid |
T4 |
Tumour eroding cochlea, petrous apex, medial wall of the middle ear, carotid canal, jugular foramen or dura, or with extensive soft tissue involvement (>0.5 cm) such as involvement of temporomandibular joint or styloid process, or evidence of facial paresis |
|
N |
assessment |
|
N0 |
No regional lymph node metastasis |
N1 |
Regional lymph node metastasis |
|
M |
assessment |
|
M0 |
No distant metastasis |
M1 |
Distant metastasis |
|
Stage |
group |
|
I |
T1N0M0* |
II |
T2N0M0* |
III |
T3N0M0‡, T1N1M0‡ |
IV |
T4N0M0‡, T2–4N1M0‡, T1–4N0–1M1† |