Table 3.
Tumor Involvement | T | N | M |
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Confined to one lobe | T3 | – | – |
Involving different lobes in one lung, extension of tumor to adjacent lobe or discrete separate area from adjacent lobe | T4 | – | – |
Tumor involving both lungs | Designated to the side of lung with the larger size of tumor (T3 if one lobe and T4 if more than one lobe) | – | M1a |
Pleural, pericardial or distant metastasis | – | – | M1a or M1b |