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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
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 Implications of Staging for Survival Rates
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CLINICAL "M"
Fig. 61: Cumulative proportion of patients with non-small cell lung cancer expected to survive 5 years after treatment according to clinical "M" status. M0, n=3,443; M1, n=1,166, P <0.05.

The presence or absence of distant metastasis is the most decisive factor for treatment selection and prognosis.
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