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The article deals with '''lung cancer staging'''. A general discussion of staging is found in ''[[cancer staging]]''. | The article deals with '''lung cancer staging'''. A general discussion of staging is found in ''[[cancer staging]]''. | ||
==General== | |||
The clinical staging and pathologic staging are concordant in only approximately ~50% of cases.<ref name=pmid15734416>{{Cite journal | last1 = López-Encuentra | first1 = A. | last2 = García-Luján | first2 = R. | last3 = Rivas | first3 = JJ. | last4 = Rodríguez-Rodríguez | first4 = J. | last5 = Torres-Lanza | first5 = J. | last6 = Varela-Simo | first6 = G. | title = Comparison between clinical and pathologic staging in 2,994 cases of lung cancer. | journal = Ann Thorac Surg | volume = 79 | issue = 3 | pages = 974-9; discussion 979 | month = Mar | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.06.004 | PMID = 15734416 }}</ref> | |||
==TNM staging system== | ==TNM staging system== | ||