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Lung Cancer Staging

 

 

Related narratives: Right Upper Lobectomy
Chest Wall Resection and Right Upper Lobectomy

Tumor

TX unassessable or evident only by cytology on bronchial washings

T0 no evidence of primary

Tis in situ

T1 < 3 cm; beyond main bronchus; within pleura

T2 > 3 cm or

• main bronchus beyond 2 cm from carina or

• visceral pleural invasion or

• partial atelectasis or obstructive pneumonia

T3 any size tumor with:

• invasion of chest wall, diaphragm, mediastinal pleura, parietal pericardium, or

• within 2 cm of carina but not invading carina or

• atelectasis or obstructive pneumonia entire lung

T4 any size with:

• invasion of mediastinum, heart, great vessels, trachea, esophagus, vertebral body, or carina, or

• separate nodules in the same lobe, or

• malignant pleural effusion

• NX can't be assessed

Nodes

N0 no regional nodes

N1 ipsilateral peribronchial, hilar, or intrapulmonary

N2 ipsilateral mediastinal or subcarinal

N3 contralateral mediastinal, hilar, scalene or supraclavicular

Stage

T

N

M

IA

T1

   

IB

T2

   

IIA

T1

N1

 

IIB

T2,3

N1

 

IIIA

T1,2,3

N2

 
 

T3

N1

 

IIIB

any T

N3

 
 

T4

any N

 

IV

   

M1

Reference:

AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook, 5th ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1998, 122, 123.


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