Overview of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of cervix in women over 40-year-old

Table 1 Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study Group pretreatment clinical staging system

Stage	Sites of primary tumor	Tumor size, cm	Regional lymph nodes	Distant metastases
1	Orbit, non-parameningeal head/neck; genito-urinary non-bladder/prostate; biliary tract	Any size	N0 or N1 or Nx	M0
2	All other sites	≤ 5 cm	N0 or Nx	M0
3	All other sites	≤ 5 cm > 5 cm	N1 N0 or N1 or Nx	M0
4	Any site	Any size	N0 or N1 or Nx	M1

N0: Absence of nodal spread; N1: Regional nodes involved; Nx: Unknown nodal status; M0: No metastases; M1: Distant metastases at diagnosis.