node stages
Last reviewed 01/2018
The lymph node staging characteristics for lung cancer are:
- N0:
- no lymph node metastases
- N1:
- metastases to peribronchial or ipsilateral perihilar lymph nodes
- N2:
- metastases to ipsilateral mediastinal or subcarinal lymph nodes
- N3:
- metastases to contralateral hilar, ipsilateral or contralateral scalene or supraclavicular lymph nodes