Table 5 Subdivision of mucosal invasion in pT1 adenocarcinoma of esophagus.

From: Pathological assessment of endoscopic resections of the gastrointestinal tract: a comprehensive clinicopathologic review

 

AJCC 8th edition

Stolte method

 

Level of invasion

Subdivision

Level of invasion

Subdivision

Intraepithelial /dysplasia only

m1

Intraepithelial neoplasia/dysplasia

Lamina propria (pT1a)

m2

Lamina propria (pT1a)

m1

Muscularis mucosa (pT1a)

m3

(irrespective of level of invasion within the duplicated muscularis mucosae)

Inner/superficial muscularis mucosae (pT1a)

m2

Space in between the duplicated muscularis mucosae (pT1a)

m3

Outer/deep-muscularis mucosae (pT1a)

m4

Submucosa (pT1b)

sm1

Superficial one-third of submucosa

sm2

Intermediate one-third of submucosa

sm3

Outer one-third of submucosa