Open AccessSTAGE III A & B NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Author(s) -
Shahar Yar,
Ijaz Hussain Shah,
Abrar Ahmed Javed,
Abid Jamil,
Abubaker Shahid,
MM Hafeez,
Shaheena Perveen,
Aqsa Masood,
Khalid Shabbir,
Shahid Rasool
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2007.14.01.3647
Subject(s) - medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , lymph , lung cancer , lymph node , lesion , nodal , mediastinal lymph node , radiology , lung , cancer , disease , pathology , metastasis , paleontology , biology
Stage IIIA Non- Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) is characterized by the presence of ipsilateral mediastinal and / or sub carinal nodal involvement (N2) associated with a T1 or T2 primary lesion or a T3 lesion associated either with positive hilar nodes (N1) or with N2 nodal disease. Stage IIIB disease is characterized by scalene, supra-clavicular, contra lateral mediastinal, or contralateral hilar lymph node involvement (N3) associated with any T category or a T4 primary tumor associated with any N category1. Patients with stage IIIA disease can be stratified into those with bulky and nonbulky disease, based upon the presence of lymph nodes >2 cm in short-axis diameter, or groupings of multiple smaller lymph nodes 2. Patients with bulky stage IIIA or those with stage IIIB disease are generally considered inoperable.