Stage 3 Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

Stage 3a can mean different things.

Stage 3 non small cell lung cancer.

Nearly 9 out of 10 people with lung cancer have non small cell lung cancer nsclc. The main tumor can t be assessed for some reason or cancer cells are seen in a sample of sputum or other lung fluids but the cancer isn t found with other tests so its location can t be determined tx. Stage 3 is part of the number staging system. Stages of non small cell lung cancer.

Read more to learn about the symptoms treatments and outlook for stage 3 non small cell lung cancer. Stage 3b refers to cancer that has spread to the neck or lymph nodes on the other side of the chest or to other organs. Stage 3 can be divided into 3a 3b and 3c. A rarer and more aggressive type is called small cell lung cancer.

Stage 3a refers to cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes in the chest but only on the same side as the affected lung. Non small cell lung cancer is the most common type of lung cancer. Your cancer is up to 5cm in size and has spread to the lymph nodes in the centre of the chest on the same side as the tumour. Chemotherapy the most common chemotherapy drug combination used is cisplatin with either vinorelbine or etoposide.

The cancer is. But the numbered stages are used mainly with. For stage 3b non small cell lung cancer surgery is not offered because the cancer has spread too far for the treatment to be helpful. This is the most common type of the disease.

It s serious but treatment can sometimes cure it or stop it from getting worse.