Template:Stages of non-small-cell lung cancer

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Staging of non-small-cell lung cancers (AJCC, 8th Ed.):[1] edit

T category T criteria
TX Primary tumor cannot be assessed, or tumor proven by the presence of malignant cells in sputum or bronchial washings, but not visualized by imaging or bronchoscopy.
T0 No evidence of primary tumor
Tis Carcinoma in situ
Squamous cell carcinoma in situ (SCIS)
Adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS): Adenocarcinoma with pure lepidic pattern, ≤3 cm in greatest dimension
T1 Tumor ≤ in greatest dimension, surrounded by lung or visceral pleura, without bronchoscopic invasion more proximal than the lobar bronchus (i.e., not in the main bronchus).
  T1mi Minimally invasive adenocarcinoma: Adenocarcinoma (≤3 cm in greatest dimension) with a predominantly lepidic pattern and ≤5 mm invasion in greatest dimension.
  T1a Tumor ≤1 cm in greatest dimension. It also includes a superficial, spreading tumor of any size whose invasive component is limited to the bronchial wall and may extend proximal to the main bronchus (but these are uncommon)
  T1b Tumor >1 cm but ≤2 cm in greatest dimension
  T1c Tumor >2 cm but ≤3 cm in greatest dimension
T2 Tumor >3 cm but ≤5 cm or having any of the following features:
  • Involves the main bronchus regardless of distance to the carina, but without involvement of the carina.
  • Invades visceral pleura (PL1 or PL2)
  • Associated with atelectasis or obstructive pneumonitis that extends to the hilar region, involving part or all of the lung.

T2 tumors with these features are classified as T2a if ≤4 cm or if the size cannot be determined and T2b if >4 cm but ≤5 cm.

  T2a Tumor >3 cm but ≤4 cm in greatest dimension
  T2b Tumor >4 cm but ≤5 cm in greatest dimension
T3 Tumor >5 cm but <7 cm in greatest dimension or directly invading any of the following: Parietal pleura (PL3), chest wall (including superior sulcus tumors), phrenic nerve, parietal pericardium; or separate tumor nodule(s) in the same lobe as the primary.
T4 Tumor >7 cm or tumor of any size invading one or more of the following: Diaphragm, mediastinum, heart, great vessels, trachea, recurrent laryngeal nerve, esophagus, vertebral body, or carina. Separate tumor nodule(s) in an ipsilateral lobe different from that of the primary.
N category N criteria
NX Regional lymph nodes cannot be assessed
N0 No regional lymph node metastasis
N1 Metastasis in ipsilateral peribronchial and/or ipsilateral hilar lymph nodes and intrapulmonary nodes, including involvement by direct extension.
N2 Metastasis in ipsilateral mediastinal and/or subcarinal lymph node(s)
N3 Metastasis in contralateral mediastinal, contralateral hilar, ipsilateral or contralateral scalene, or supraclavicular lymph nodes(s)
M category M criteria
M0 No distant metastasis
M1 Distant metastasis
 M1a Separate tumor nodule(s) in a contralateral lobe; tumor with pleural or pericardial nodes or malignant pleural or pericardial effusion (but note that in a few patients, effusions are negative for tumor in multiple microscopic examinations, and the fluid is non-bloody and is not an exudate, and in such cases the effusion should be excluded as a staging descriptor).
  M1b Single extrathoracic metastasis in a single organ (including involvement of a single nonregional node)
  M1c Multiple extrathroracic metastases in a single organ or in multiple organs.
When T is... And N is... And M is... Then the stage group is...
TX N0 M0 Occult carcinoma
Tis N0 M0 0
T1mi N0 M0 1A1
T1a N0 M0
T1a N1 M0 IIB
T1a N2 M0 IIIA
T1a N3 M0 IIIB
T1b N0 M0 IA2
T1b N1 M0 IIB
T1b N2 M0 IIIA
T1b N3 M0 IIIB
T1c N0 M0 IA3
T1c N1 M0 IIB
T1c N2 M0 IIIa
T1c N3 M0 IIIB
T2a N0 M0 IB
T2a N1 M0 IIB
T2a N2 M0 IIIA
T2a N3 M0 IIIB
T2b N0 M0 IIA
T2b N1 M0 IIB
T2b N2 M0 IIIA
T2b N3 M0 IIIB
T3 N0 M0 IIB
T3 N1 M0 IIIA
T3 N2 M0 IIIB
T3 N3 M0 IIIC
T4 N0 M0 IIIA
T4 N1 M0 IIIA
T4 N2 M0 IIIB
T4 N3 M0 IIIC
Any T Any N M1a IVA
Any T Any N M1b IVA
Any T Any N M1c IVB
  1. Amin, Mahul (2017). AJCC cancer staging manual (8 ed.). Switzerland: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-40617-6. OCLC 961218414. 
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