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*‡ 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=== | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
!M stage | |||
!Criteria | |||
!Comment | |||
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| 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> | |||
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| M1b | |||
| distant metastasis (extrathoracic organs) | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||