肺癌临床分期研究及进展

Lung cancer staging: the study and progress

肺癌的临床分期研究是肺癌临床研究的基础。肺癌的准确分期对选择治疗手段和方法 ,治疗要达到的目的以及判断预后是最重要的影响因素。本文叙述了肺癌分期的临床措施 ,非小细胞肺癌和小细胞肺癌的临床分期原则。

The study of staging lung cancer is the base of the clinical study.Staging defines the success or failure of treatment for specific groups of patients.It allows valid estimates of prognosis that may be used reliably as guidelines for selecting treatment and comparing the results of different treatments.In this article,The principle of staging lung cancers including non_small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer is described.The relation of TNM principles and treatment means and prognosis are also discussed.