Stage IIIB Lung Small Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7

**Semantic type:** Neoplastic Process

**Definition:** Stage IIIB includes: (T1a, N3, M0); (T1b, N3, M0); (T2a, N3, M0); (T2b, N3, M0); (T3, N3, M0); (T4, N2, M0); (T4, N3, M0). T4: Lung cancer with a tumor of any size that invades any of the following: mediastinum, heart, great vessels, trachea, recurrent laryngeal nerve, esophagus, vertebral body, carina, and separate tumor nodule(s) in a different ipsilateral lobe. N2: Lung cancer with metastasis to ipsilateral mediastinal and/or subcarinal lymph nodes. N3: Lung cancer with metastasis to contralateral mediastinal, contralateral hilar, ipsilateral or contralateral scalene, or supraclavicular lymph nodes. M0: No distant metastasis. (AJCC 7th ed.)

**Synonyms:** - Stage IIIB Small Cell Carcinoma of Lung - Stage IIIB Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung - Stage IIIB Small Cell Lung Cancer - Stage IIIB Small Cell Lung Cancer - Stage IIIB Small Cell Lung Carcinoma - Stage IIIB Small Cell Lung Carcinoma AJCC v7