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LUNG CANCER 0272 5231/02 $ .00. STAGING CLASSIFICATION OF. LUNG CANCER . A Critical Evaluation Clifton F. Mountain, MD. In patients with lung CANCER , the relationship adoption by the American Joint Committee on between the anatomic extent of the disease at diag- CANCER (AJCC) and the International Union nosis and survival duration is well known. This Against CANCER (UICC) in , 23, 25 Box 1 and relationship is the basis for the STAGING concept. Table 1 document the de nitions and the stage Many host and tumor characteristics have been grouping of the TNM subsets. The system is appli- investigated for their in uence on prognosis in this cable for the four major cell types of lung CANCER : disease5, 9, 13, 19, 20, 42, 44; however, end results studies adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, large according to components of the International Sys- cell carcinoma, and small cell carcinoma.

LUNG CANCER 0272–5231/02 $15.00 .00 STAGING CLASSIFICATION OF LUNG CANCER A Critical Evaluation Clifton F. Mountain, MD In patients with lung cancer, the relationship between the anatomic extent of the disease at diag-

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