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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 about staging is found in ''[[cancer staging]]''.


==General==
==General==
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===Tumour===
===Tumour===
AJCC 7th edition:<ref>{{Ref AJCC7HB|316}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"  
{| class="wikitable sortable"  
!T stage
!T stage
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| T1a
| T1a
| <=2 cm
| <=2 cm
| confined to lung, no [[VPI]], no main branch bronchus involvement
| confined to lung, no [[visceral pleural invasion|visceral pleural invasion (VPI)]], no main branch bronchus involvement
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|-
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|-
| T2b
| T2b
| >5cm ''or'' VPI ''or'' main branch bronchus involvement, < 7cm
| >5cm, < 7cm
| confined to lung, no total lung collapse
| confined to lung, no total lung collapse
|
| may have VPI ''and/or'' main branch bronchus involvement
|-
|-
| T3
| T3
| >7 cm ''or'' 2 or more nodules ''or'' total lung collapse
| >7 cm ''or'' total lung collapse ''or'' presence of two or more tumour nodules in same lobe ''or'' minor extension beyond lung
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| ''minor extension beyond lung'' includes any of the following: parietal plural of chest wall or mediastinal pleura, diaphragm, phrenic nerve, parietal pericardium
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| ipsilateral tumour nodule(s) in a ''different'' lobe is T4
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|-
| T4
| T4
| extension beyond the lung
| major extension beyond the lung ''or'' separate lesions in others lobes on the ipsilateral side
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| ''major extension beyond the lung'' includes any of the following: carina, trachea, esophagus, recurrent laryngeal nerve, mediastinum, heart, great vessels,  vertebral body
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| separate lesions on the contralateral side are M1a<ref>{{Ref AJCC7HB|317}}</ref>
|}
|}


===Lymph nodes===
===Lymph nodes===
AJCC 7th edition:
{| class="wikitable sortable"  
{| class="wikitable sortable"  
!N stage
!N stage
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Note:
Note:
*‡ Contralateral lymph node involvement is ''N3''.<ref name=pmid24624287>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Terán | first1 = MD. | last2 = Brock | first2 = MV. | title = Staging lymph node metastases from lung cancer in the mediastinum. | journal = J Thorac Dis | volume = 6 | issue = 3 | pages = 230-6 | month = Mar | year = 2014 | doi = 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.12.18 | PMID = 24624287 }}</ref>
*‡ Contralateral lymph node involvement is ''N3''.<ref name=pmid24624287>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Terán | first1 = MD. | last2 = Brock | first2 = MV. | title = Staging lymph node metastases from lung cancer in the mediastinum. | journal = J Thorac Dis | volume = 6 | issue = 3 | pages = 230-6 | month = Mar | year = 2014 | doi = 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.12.18 | PMID = 24624287 }}</ref>
===Metastases===
AJCC 7th edition:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!M stage
!Criteria
!Comment
|-
| M1a
| nodule in contralateral lung ''or'' malignant pleural effusion ''or'' malignant pericardial effusion
| malignant effusion in a previous edition were pT4<ref>{{Ref AJCC7HB|299}}</ref>
|-
| M1b
| distant metastasis (extrathoracic organs)
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|}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Lung tumours]].
*[[Lung tumours]].
*[[Lung adenocarcinoma]].
*[[Lung squamous cell carcinoma]].


==References==
==References==
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