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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 14.
Published in final edited form as: Surg Oncol. 2013 May 20;22(3):156–161. doi: 10.1016/j.suronc.2013.04.002

Table 2.

Post-excision local recurrence rate (%) by lung cancer stage.

Stage

Study IA IB IIA IIB IIIA
Choi 2011a,16 4 7 11 12 24
Saynak 2010b,11 19 19 27 27 38–40
Pisters 200515 10 10 N/A 12 15

This table lists local recurrence rate versus cancer stage for three select studies. Rates are listed as percentages.

a

Values calculated using Choi’s Table 5.

b

Saynak lists local recurrent rate by TNM grade. TNM grade was translated to corresponding stage according to the 7th Edition of the AJCC standard.