A female presents with a breast lump of size 6 cm. On examination axillary lymph nodes on ipsilateral side are found to be enlarged and fixed. TNM staging is:
Tumour size more than 5 cm corresponds to T3 and finding of ipsilateral axillary lymph node, which are fixed, corresponds to N2a therefore the TNM staging in this case is T3 N2. Ref: Schwaz 9/e, Page 452 ; CSDT 13/e, Page 291
T3 N2
T2 N2
T4 N2
T1 N1