Lung cancer can be divided into four stages
Stage 1
This means the cancer is small and localised and there is no cancer in any lymph nodes.
Stage 1 can be divided into 1A and 1B. Stage 1A means the tumour is small (up to 3cm). Stage 1B means the cancer is between 3 to 5cm. It has not spread into any lymph nodes or any other part of the body.
Stage 2
Stage 2 is divided into stages 2A and 2B.
Stage 2A means that the cancer is
- Between 5 and 7cm but there are no cancer cells in any lymph nodes OR
- 5cm or less and there are cancer cells in the lymph nodes close to the affected lung
Stage 2B means that the cancer is
- Larger than 7cm but there are no cancer cells in any lymph nodes OR
- Between 5 and 7cm and there are cancer cells in the lymph nodes close to the affected lung OR
- Not in any lymph nodes but has spread into one or more of the following areas - the chest wall, the muscle under the lung (diaphragm), the phrenic nerve or the layers that cover the heart (mediastinal pleura and parietal pericardium) OR
- In the main airway (bronchus) close to where it divides to go into each lung OR
- Making part of the lung collapse OR
- Any size but there is more than one tumour in the same lobe of the lung
Stage 3
Stage 3 is divided into stages 3A and 3B. In this stage, the whole of the affected lung may have collapsed or may be inflamed due to the build up of mucus.
Stage 3A means that the cancer is
- In the lymph nodes close to the lung and the cancer is bigger than 7cm or has spread into one or more of the following areas - the chest wall, the muscle under the lung (diaphragm), or the layers that cover the heart (mediastinal pleura and parietal pericardium) OR
- Any size but has spread into lymph nodes close to the heart and main airway on the same side of the chest as the affected lung OR
- Any size but has grown into another major structure in your chest, which could be the heart, the windpipe (trachea), the food pipe (oesophagus), the nerve that goes to the voicebox, a spinal bone or a main blood vessel. There may also be cancer cells in lymph nodes close to the affected lung OR
- In more than one lobe of the same lung and may have spread into lymph nodes close to the affected lung
Stage 3B cancer means that the cancer is
- Any size and has spread into lymph nodes on the opposite side of the chest OR
- In the lymph nodes at the centre of the chest (mediastinum) and has spread into one or more of the following areas - the chest wall, the muscle under the lung (diaphragm), , the layers that cover the heart (mediastinal pleura and parietal pericardium) or a major structure in your chest (which could be the heart, the windpipe, the foodpipe or a main blood vessel).
Stage 4
This means that the cancer
- Is in both lungs OR
- Has spread to another part of your body - for example, the liver or bones OR
- Has caused a fluid collection around your lung or heart that contains cancer cells (a malignant pleural effusion or pericardial effusion).
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This is very helpful knowledge explain about the lung cancer. Lung cancer is one of the most deadliest type of cancers for both women and men.
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How i survived lungs cancer.
I was diagnosed of lung cancer in 2011 and the doctor (oncologist), because i was a chronic smoker who started smoking from 16 and told me i had just two years to live that my lungs had been damaged, that even on the best medication i still had two years. I needed help because i was scared to die and i did chemotherapy, radiotherapy and it was unable to treat or help me. I coughed nearly every minute. In my death clock counting just 6 months remaining, if you knew me then i was good as dead because the cancer had eaten me up. My wife was fortunate enough to contact doctor Amber, a herbal doctor who came and treated me in our house using his medicine and that is how i was saved (where western medicine and methods failed), that was the greatest decision my wife had taken aside marrying me. Today i am totally fine without any symptoms of cancer, it was all confirmed by my oncologist that i am clean. Do not die in silence or rely only on western medicine herbal medicine is very effective. You can contact the doctor on (drambermurray@gmail.com) for more information about his treatment.