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But almost always, stage III cancer is in just one lung. It’s also limited to the lymph nodes, organs, and other tissue near that organ. The cancer has not spread, or metastasized, beyond that.

Limited-stage SCLC occurs in one lung only. The cancer may have also spread to surrounding lymph nodes on the same side of the chest. Treatments, such as chemotherapy with radiation therapy ...

Introduction: The regional lymph node map published by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) is an established guideline for the accurate and reproducible assessment of ...

The British Thoracic Society 2010 guidelines (5) advocate that the International Association of the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) nodal map (6) should be used in the assessment and staging of lymph ...

Stage 3 non-small cell lung cancer has spread to nearby tissues and lymph nodes but not to more distant tissues. Most people with this stage have lung cancer symptoms. Treatment can depend on ...

More information: Roy S. Herbst et al, Novel Approach to Accelerate Lung Cancer Research: Lung-MAP and the Potential of Public-Private Partnerships, Clinical Cancer Research (2023). DOI: 10.1158 ...

Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of ...

Learn what a lung cancer expert says you need to know about lung cancer and lymph nodes. If you’ve been told you have lung cancer, your doctor will likely discuss the issue of lymph node ...

In honor of World Lung Cancer Day, we took a look back at some of the exciting progress being made in the space. Lung cancer treatment, and outcomes, look extremely different than they did years ago, ...