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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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Stage IA

Fig. 33: Diagram, stage IA. Stage IA is reserved for classifying tumors 3 cm. or less in greatest dimension, with no evidence of invasion proximal to a lobar bronchus (Fig.5) and no evidence of metastasis, the T1 N0 M0 anatomic subset. The prognosis for these patients is significantly better than that for any other group.

Fig. 34a: Posterior-anterior chest radiograph showing a < 2cm left lower lobe bronchogenic carcinoma (arrow), Stage IA.

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