Small cell carcinoma of the lung staging
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Veterans Administration Lung Study Group (VALG) Staging
American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Tumor, Node, and Metastasis (TNM) Staging
Shown below is a table summarizing the staging of lung cancer according to AJCC.[1]
For more information about the TNM staging, click here.
| Stage | T | N | M |
| Occult carcinoma | TX | N0 | M0 |
| Stage 0 | Tis | N0 | M0 |
| Stage IA | T1 | N0 | M0 |
| Stage IB | T2 | N0 | M0 |
| Stage IIA | T1 | N1 | M0 |
| Stage IIB | T2 | N1 | M0 |
| T3 | N0 | M0 | |
| Stage IIIA | T1, T2 | N2 | M0 |
| T3 | N1, N2 | M0 | |
| Stage IIIB | Any T | N3 | M0 |
| T4 | Any N | M0 | |
| Stage IV | Any T | Any N | M1 |
References
- ↑ Shepherd FA, Crowley J, Van Houtte P, Postmus PE, Carney D, Chansky K; et al. (2007). "The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer lung cancer staging project: proposals regarding the clinical staging of small cell lung cancer in the forthcoming (seventh) edition of the tumor, node, metastasis classification for lung cancer". J Thorac Oncol. 2 (12): 1067–77. doi:10.1097/JTO.0b013e31815bdc0d. PMID 18090577.