Stage IIIB Lung Non-Small Cell Cancer 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:** - Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Stage IIIB - Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, Stage IIIB - Stage IIIB NSCLC - Stage IIIB Non-Oat Cell Carcinoma of Lung - Stage IIIB Non-Oat Cell Carcinoma of the Lung - Stage IIIB Non-Oat Cell Lung Carcinoma - Stage IIIB Non-Small Cell Carcinoma of Lung - Stage IIIB Non-Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung - Stage IIIB Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Stage IIIB Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Stage IIIB Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer AJCC v7 - Stage IIIB Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma - stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer