Staging of Lung Cancer can be divided into two, namely the development of Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and Non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) development.
Staging of Lung Cancer (small cell lung cancer)
1. Limited stage, cancer is found only on one part of the lung and the surrounding tissue.
2. Extensive stage, the cancer is found in breast tissue outside the lungs where it came from. Or the cancer is found in the organs of the body that far.
Development Stage NSCLC (nonsmall cell lung cancer
1. Occult stage is the stage of the discovery of cancer cells in the sputum (sputum) of patients in the water samples during bronchoscopy, but no visible tumor in the lung.
2. Stage 0 is the discovery stage of the cancer cells only in the innermost lining of the lungs and are not invasive.
3. Stage I is the stage of cancer that is found only in the lung and has not spread to nearby lymph nodes.
4. Stage II is the stage of cancers found in the lungs and lymph nodes nearby.
5. Stage III is the stage of cancer that has spread to surrounding areas, such as chest wall, diaphragm, large vessels or lymph nodes on the same side or opposite sides of the tumor.
6. Stage IV is the stage of cancer found in more than one lobe of the lung are the same, or in other lungs. Cancer cells have spread also to other organs, such as the brain, adrenal gland, liver, and bone.
