DATA FORM FOR CANCER STAGING - LUNG
Form # 785-1-031
| Clin | Path | DEFINITIONS | |
| Primary Tumor (T) | |||
| TX | Primary tumor cannot be assessed, or tumor proven by 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: | ||
| T1 | Tumor 3 cm or less in greatest dimension, surrounded by lung or visceral pleura, without bronchoscopic evidence of invasion more proximal than the lobar bronchus (i.e. not in main bronchus) | ||
| T2 | Tumor with any of the
following features of size or extent: More than 3 cm in greatest dimension Involves main bronchus, 2 cm or more distal to the carina Invades the visceral pleura Associated with atelectasis or obstructive pneumonitis which extends to the hilar region but does not involve the entire lung |
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| T3 | Tumor of any size that directly invades any of the following: chest wall (including superior sulcus tumors), diaphragm, mediastinal pleura, parietal pericardium; or tumor in the main bronchus less than 2 cm distal to the carina but without involvement of the carina; or associated atelectasis or obstructive pneumonitis of the entire lung | ||
| T4 | Tumor of any size that invades any of the following: mediastinum, heart, great vessels, trachea, esophagus, vertebral body, carina; or tumor with a malignant pleural effusion | ||
| Lymph Node (N) | |||
| NX | Regional lymph nodes cannot be assessed | ||
| N0 | No regional lymph node metastasis | ||
| N1 | Metastasis in ipsilateral peribronchial and/or ipsilateral hilar lymph nodes, including 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 node(s) | ||
| Distant Metastasis (M) | |||
| MX | Presence of distant metastasis cannot be assessed | ||
| M0 | No distant metastasis | ||
| M1 | Distant metastasis | ||
| Clin | Path | Stage Grouping | |||
| Occult | TX | N0 | M0 | ||
| 0 | Tis | N0 | M0 | ||
| I | T1 | N0 | M0 | ||
| T2 | N0 | M0 | |||
| II | T1 | N1 | M0 | ||
| T2 | N1 | M0 | |||
| IIIA | T1 | N2 | M0 | ||
| T2 | N2 | M0 | |||
| T3 | N0 | M0 | |||
| T3 | N1 | M0 | |||
| T3 | N2 | M0 | |||
| IIIB | Any T | N3 | M0 | ||
| T4 | Any N | M0 | |||
| IV | Any T | Any N | M1 | ||
THE FINAL STAGE GROUPING (CLINICAL & PATHOLOGICAL) IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN.
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