Table 17.11-2. TNM staging and treatment methods for non–small cell lung carcinoma

Stage

T

N

M

 

Latent

x

0

0

 

Stage 0

is

0

0

 

Stage IA1

1(mi)

0

0

Surgical treatment

1a

0

0

Stage IA2

1b

0

0

Stage IA3

1c

0

0

Stage IB

2a

0

0

Stage IIA

2b

0

0

Surgical treatment supplemented with chemotherapy

Stage IIB

1a, 1b, 1c

1

0

2a

1

0

2b

1

0

3

0

0

Stage IIIA

1a, 1b, 1c

2

0

Radiotherapy or radiochemotherapy, in selected patients surgical treatment preceded or supplemented with chemotherapy or radiotherapy

2a, 2b

2

0

3

1

0

4

0, 1

0

Stage IIIB

1a, 1b, 1c

3

0

Radiotherapy or radiochemotherapy

2a, 2b

3

0

3

2

0

4

2

0

Stage IIIC

3

3

0

Radiochemotherapy or chemotherapy

4

3

0

Stage IVA

Any

Any

1a, 1b

Chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, or symptomatic treatment

Stage IVB

Any

Any

1c

Based on Amin MB, Edge S, Greene F, et al, eds. AJCC Cancer Staging Manual (8th edition). Springer International Publishing: American Joint Commission on Cancer; 2017.

TNM, tumor, node, metastasis.