Abstract
Staging of lung cancer was first made in 1973 and was revised according to new information obtained by case series. The last staging was proposed by IASCL in 2007 [1] and accepted in 2009 [2]. New regulations are made in T and M descriptors in the new TNM staging but no change is made in N descriptor.
Keywords: Staging, TNM system, lung cancer, EUS, EUS, Bronchoscopy, regional lymph nodes, metastasis.
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Serdar Erturan, Günay Aydin ;Lung Cancer Staging, Lung Cancer: Clinical and Surgical Specifications (2013) 1: 165. https://doi.org/10.2174/9781608054428113010011
DOI https://doi.org/10.2174/9781608054428113010011 |
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