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LUNG CANCER
A Handbook for Staging, Imaging, and Lymph Node Classification
by Clifton F. Mountain, MD; Herman I. Libshitz, MD; and Kay E. Hermes
Contents | About the Author(s) | Dedication and Acknowledgment
 Illustrations and Imaging
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T1

Fig. 5: Diagram, T1 disease. A tumor that is
(a) 3 cm. or less in
greatest dimension
surrounded by lung or visceral pleura, (b) no evidence of invasion proximal to a lobar bronchus at bronchoscopy..

 

Fig. 6a: Posterior-anterior chest radiograph shows a T1 (<3 cm) peripheral cancer in the right lower lobe. This lesion is seen to better advantage on a conventional tomogram, Fig. 6b. Note the spiculated, irregular margins.

Fig. 6b: Conventional chest tomogram-coned down slice right middle lobe.

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