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Lung Cancer Staging

Post a new topicby contentuser on Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:13 am

Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Lung Cancer(Free Handout)


Lung Cancer Staging



Lung cancer clinical staging, which describes the extent of disease, is determined following completion of a diagnostic workup. Lung cancer staging is based on a pathology (disease) report from tissue obtained during bronchoscopy, needle (or other) biopsy, blood tests, and imaging studies to rule out distant metastasis.


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