Letters & Numbers

The T number is the depth of the tumour into the bowel wall . 

The N refers to the number of lymph nodes that have been affected . If it 0 you have no affected nodes around the tumour . Good news ! 
Hope that helps a little ,

Court 

For info: There is also a V, again either 0 no invasion, or 1 which indicates vascular invasion. This is apparently more relevant for bowel and rectal, as I was told it can be  more indicative than lymph nodes, due to the nature of the cancer. I cannot remember if this was for rectal or all bowel cancers. When stated it is like T3N0 V1M0 which was mine. The V was why I got chemo. 

Thank-you x

Thank-you again Court,put my mind at rest yet again ,hope you are doing well too x

not a problem at all . We are all fine . Just taking it a day at a time .

Gemmary . I never knew that ! Thanks for that information. It’s great to share information.

Court 

lymphotic invasion is positive in my pathology.
 I guess it's different from this vascular 
invasion?

I believe lymphatic invasion is the lymph nodes so it is different from the vascular invasion which is in the blood supply.

Hi that’s good news. I’ll just add that the yp at the beginning means that the staging has been done through histology rather than the staging that they quite often give you when diagnosed - not that you needed to know that but might be useful if anyone ever picks up on this post in the future!

Karen x