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	ACS :: How Is Small Cell Lung Cancer Staged?
		Staging is the process of finding out how localized or widespread your cancer is. It describes how far the cancer has spread.
		Although most cancers are staged with a 4 stage system that describes the tumor size, lymph node spread and distant spread, this usually isn’t done for small cell lung cancer.
		Limited stage usually means that the cancer is only in one lung and perhaps lymph nodes on the same side of the chest.
	www.cancer.org /docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_3x_How_Is_Small_Cell_Lung_Cancer_Staged.asp?sitearea= (409 words)

	Lung Cancer.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Extensive Stage SCLC is treated with chemotherapy alone.
		Close to 80 percent of limited stage patients achieve a complete response to therapy, yet average survival is less than two years.
		Those with extensive stage also have a high response rate of 70 to 80 percent, but average survival is about one year.
	www.lungcancer.org /health_care/focus_on_lc/treatment/current_treatment_sclc.htm (378 words)

	Extensive stage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Extensive stage, or by its full name, predominantly extensive stage of accumulation is pertains at one of the periodizations of capitalism, as proposed by Aglietta (1976).
		It is the first stage of capitalism and thus in it there is plenty of room for the extension of capitalist relations of production, meaning, of wage labour and therefore of commodity production.
		When the extensive stage becomes exhausted, it is followed by the intensive stage(of predominantly intensive accumulation).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Extensive_stage (236 words)

	Small cell lung cancer: 100040 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Staging procedures are important in distinguishing patients who have disease limited to their thorax from those who have distant metastases.
		Staging procedures commonly used to document distant metastases include bone marrow examination, computed tomographic or magnetic resonance imaging scans of the brain, computerized tomographic scans of the chest and the abdomen, and radionuclide bone scans.
		As in limited stage small cell carcinoma, chemotherapy should be given as multiple agents in doses associated with at least moderate toxic effects in order to produce the best results in extensive stage disease.
	www.acor.org /cnet/100040.html (3723 words)

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		Staging is the process of finding out how far the cancer has spread.
		Stage grouping for non-small cell lung cancer: Once the T, N, and M categories have been assigned, this information is combined (stage grouping) to assign an overall stage of 0, I, II, III, or IV.
		Limited stage means that the cancer is only in 1 lung and in lymph nodes on the same side of the chest.
	www.nccn.org /patients/patient_gls/_english/_lung/4_stages.asp (1087 words)

	Lung Cancer Staging
		Limited stage small cell lung cancers are loosely defined as those that are contained to a small enough area to allow a “tolerable” radiation therapy port.
		Extensive stage means that the tumor is either metastasized to other sites, or is too widespread to be considered limited.
		Stage IA and Stage IB: In 1997 Stage I cancers were divided into A and B. All stage I lung cancers are completely contained within the lung with no evidence of lymph node involvement or metastases.
	www.alternative-cancer-treatments.com /staging-lung-cancer.htm (817 words)

	Primary lung cancer (Disease)... Fort Lauderdale, Florida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Small cell cancer is divided into "limited stage" (generally cancer confined to the chest) and "extensive stage" (cancer that has spread outside the chest).
		Stage IV denotes cancer that has spread to other sites in the body (most often bone, brain, or liver) and is, in most cases, not curable.
		For limited stage small cell cancer, cure rates may be as high as 25%, while cure rates for extensive stage disease are less than 5%.
	www.browardhealth.org /18080.cfm (750 words)

	Lung Cancer Staging (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Staging is the process of finding out if cancer is localized or widespread.
		In TNM staging, information about the tumor, lymph nodes, and metastasis is combined and a stage is assigned to specific TNM groupings.
		Limited stage usually means that the cancer is only in one lung and in lymph nodes on the same side of the chest.
	www.health-alliance.com /Cancer/Lung/staging.html (759 words)

	Lung Cancer Stages and Treatments - Greenebaum Cancer Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Extensive Stage: Cancer has spread outside the lung to other tissues in the chest or to other parts of the body.
		Stage IIIA: Cancer has spread to the chest wall or diaphragm near the lung; or to the lymph nodes in the area that separates the two lungs (mediastinum); or to the lymph nodes on the other side of the chest or in the neck.
		Stage IIIB: Cancer has spread to the chest wall or diaphragm near the lung; or to the lymph nodes in the area that separates the two lungs (mediastinum); or to the lymph nodes on the other side of the chest or in the neck.
	www.umm.edu /cancer/overview/lung-stages.html (1296 words)

	Lung Cancer (Small Cell) \| AHealthyMe.com
		Staging procedures are important in lung cancer because they tell doctors whether patients have disease only in their lungs, or whether the cancer has spread to other parts of the body.
		Limited stage: The cancer is found only in one lung and in lymph nodes close to the lung.
		Extensive stage: The cancer has spread beyond the lungs to other parts of the body.
	www.ahealthyme.com /topic/topic103401021 (2090 words)

	CIGNA - Lung cancer, small cell: Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI PDQ]
		Regardless of stage, the current prognosis for patients with small cell lung cancer is unsatisfactory even though considerable improvements in diagnosis and therapy have been made over the past 10 to 15 years.
		Staging procedures are important in distinguishing patients who have disease limited to their thorax from those who have distant metastases.
		Staging procedures commonly used to document distant metastases include bone marrow examination, computed tomographic or magnetic resonance imaging scans of the brain, computerized tomographic scans of the chest and the abdomen, and radionuclide bone scans.
	www.cigna.com /healthinfo/ncicdr0000062945.html (5534 words)

	Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation - Lung Cancer Treament Options (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Treatment will also be based on the stage of the cancer – whether it is confined to the lungs or has spread to other parts of the body.
		Non small cell lung cancer is staged from Stage 0, in which the tumor has not spread to surrounding lung tissue and can be removed with a minimally invasive surgical technique, through to Stage IV, in which the cancer has spread to another lobe of the lung or to other parts of the body.
		Small cell lung cancer, limited stage, is cancer confined to the part of the chest where it began, while extensive stage small cell lung cancer has spread throughout the chest or to tissue outside the chest.
	www.preventcancer.org /treatment/lung.cfm (999 words)

	Small Cell lung cancer, treatment, staging, metastasis, from A Complete guide to Lung Cancer
		NCI states, “Staging procedures are important in distinguishing patients who have disease limited to their thorax from those who have distant metastasises.
		Staging procedures commonly used to document distant metastasises include bone marrow examination, computed topographic or magnetic resonance imaging scans of the brain, computerized topographic scans of the chest and the abdomen, and radio nuclide bone scans.
		NCI states, (1) “As in limited stage small cell carcinoma, chemotherapy should be given as multiple agents in doses associated with at least moderate toxicity in order to produce the best results in extensive stage disease.
	www.lungcancerclaims.com /smallcelllungcancer.htm (3905 words)

	What is staging?
		The detailed TNM staging system developed by the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) is not commonly used for patients with small cell carcinoma because some metastatic desease is present at diagnosis in most patients.
		Limited stage small cell lung cancer means that the tumor is confined to the lung from which it originated and in lymph nodes on the same side of the chest.
		Extensive stage small cell lung cancer means that the cancer has spread to the other lung, to lymph nodes on the other side of the chest, or to distant organs.
	www3.mdanderson.org /depts/bmt/smallcell/lunginfo2.html (329 words)

	Lung Cancer - Treatment According to Stages - oncologychannel
		Surgical resection of the tumor is the principle form of treatment for individuals with Stage 1 or Stage 2 lung cancer.
		If, during surgery, the resected lung margins are found to be close to or involved with the tumor, the physician may recommend additional treatment in the form of radiotherapy (radiation therapy).
		As with Stage 3b patients, individuals with Stage 4 or recurrent lung cancer have the options of chemotherapy alone versus no therapy with comfort care.
	www.oncologychannel.com /lungcancer/treatmentstages.shtml (848 words)

	Small Cell Carcinoma Lung Cancer \| Small Cell Lung Cancer \| Metastatic Small Cell Lung Cancer
		In limited stage disease, median survival of 16 to 24 months with current forms of treatment can reasonably be expected.[5-7] A small proportion of patients with limited stage disease may benefit from surgery with or without adjuvant chemotherapy; these patients have an even better prognosis.
		Because of the frequent presence of occult metastatic disease, chemotherapy is the cornerstone of treatment of limited stage small cell lung cancer.
		However, esopohagitis was increased with twice-daily treatment.[8][Level of evidence: 1iiA] The current standard treatment of patients with limited stage small cell lung cancer should be a combination containing etoposide and cisplatin plus chest radiation therapy administered during the first or second cycle of chemotherapy administration.
	www.meds.com /pdq/smallcell_pro.html (5357 words)

	Lung cancer - small cell
		For small cell cancer, chemotherapy and radiation are usually used in limited stage disease (when the disease is confined to the chest).
		Chemotherapy alone is used for extensive stage disease.
		The overall survival depends on the stage of the disease.
	www.pennhealth.com /ency/article/000122.htm (665 words)

	Lung Cancer Small Cell
		Patients with distant metastases (M1) are always considered to have extensive stage disease.[1,2] References: 1.
		However, esophagitis was increased with twice-daily treatment.[8][Level of evidence: 1iiA] The current standard treatment of patients with limited stage small cell lung cancer should be a combination containing etoposide and cisplatin plus chest radiation therapy administered during the first or second cycle of chemotherapy administration.
		A meta-analysis of long-term outcomes in extensive stage disease did not show consistent evidence for improved response rates or survival for more intense chemotherapy regimens.[42][Level of evidence: 1iiA] References: 1.
	www.medhelp.org /lib/cancernet/100040.htm (5041 words)

	Cancer Spectrum: Physician Data Query - Treatment - Small Cell Lung Cancer
		Also, the choice of treatment is usually influenced by stage, particularly when chest irradiation or surgical excision is added to chemotherapy for patients with limited-stage disease.
		The detailed TNM staging system developed for lung cancer by the American Joint Committee on Cancer is not commonly employed in patients with small cell carcinoma.
		Blackstein M, Eisenhauer EA, Wierzbicki R, et al.: Epirubicin in extensive small-cell lung cancer: a phase II study in previously untreated patients: a National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group Study.
	jncicancerspectrum.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/pdq/jncipdq;CDR0000062945 (7399 words)

	Treatment for Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
		As in limited stage small cell carcinoma, chemotherapy should be given as multiple agents in doses associated with at least moderate toxic effects in order to produce the best results in extensive stage disease.
		Many more patients with extensive stage small cell carcinoma have greatly impaired performance status at the time of diagnosis when compared to patients with limited stage disease.
		This situation led to the suggestion that patients with extensive disease who are medically stable be treated with new agents under evaluation, with provisions for early change to standard combination therapy if there is no response.
	www.cancerlinksusa.com /lung/tx_sclc_prof/extensive.htm (2041 words)

	Cancer Treatment Information
		Patients with tumors that have spread beyond the supraclavicular areas are said to have extensive stage disease and have a worse prognosis than patients with limited stage disease.
		In patients with limited stage small cell lung cancer, combination chemotherapy produces results that are clearly superior to single-agent treatment, and moderately intensive doses of drugs are superior to doses that produce only minimal or mild hematologic toxic effects.
		As in limited stage small cell carcinoma, chemotherapy should be given as multiple agents in doses associated with at least moderate toxic effects in order to produce the best results in patients with extensive stage disease.
	www.ricehospital.com /cancerinfo/smallcelllung.htm (5472 words)

	Small Cell Lung Cancer Prognosis, Stages, Small Cell Lung Cancer Therapy & Cancer Treatments
		The chance of recovery (prognosis) and choice of treatment depend on the stage of the cancer (whether it is just in the lung or has spread to other places), and the patient's gender and general state of health.
		Chemotherapy is the most common treatment of all stages of small cell lung cancer.
		Treatment of small cell lung cancer depends on the stage of the disease, and the patient's age and overall condition.
	www.meds.com /pdq/smallcell_pat.html (1742 words)

	Intensive stage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Intensive stage, or by its full name, predominantly intensive stage of accumulation pertains to one of the periodizations of capitalism, as proposed by Aglietta (1976).
		It is the second stage of capitalism: when the extensive stage becomes exhausted, expansion of (commodity) production is reduced to the increase in productivity of labour, or to the intensification of production.
		The extensive stage reached its limits in England by the 1810s and after a lease of life through imperial expansion, definitively by 1860s; in Germany, by the 1880s; in the US, by 1920s (Aglietta,1976); in Brazil, by the 1970s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Intensive_stage (235 words)

	Hycamtin - Small Cell Lung Cancer: Stages of Small Cell Lung Cancer
		Common staging procedures to document distant metastases include bone marrow examination, computed tomographic or magnetic resonance, imaging scans of the brain, computerized tomographic scans of the chest and abdomen, and radionuclide bone scans.
		As such, the detailed TNM staging system developed by the American Joint Committee on Cancer is not commonly employed for SCLC.
		No universally accepted definition of this term is available, and patients with pleural effusion, massive pulmonary tumor, and contralateral supraclavicular nodes have been both included within and excluded from limited stage by various groups.
	www.hycamtin.com /hcp/sclc_05.htm (489 words)

	Small Cell Lung Cancer: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In general, patients who are confined to bed tolerate aggressive forms of treatment poorly, have increased morbidity, and rarely attain 2-year disease-free survival; however, patients with poor performance status can often derive significant palliative benefit and prolongation of survival from treatment.
		Such a strategy has been shown to be feasible, with survival comparable to survival with initial standard therapy, as long as the patients with extensive disease are carefully chosen.
		Epirubicin in extensive small-cell lung cancer: a phase II study in previously untreated patients: a National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group Study.
	www.acor.org /cnet/62945.html (6995 words)

	PTCommunity.com - Daily News Briefing
		The trial -- known as GALES for Global Analysis of Pemetrexed in SCLC Extensive Stage -- is a Phase III, global, multicenter, randomized, open-label study that will enroll approximately 1,820 patients with extensive-stage SCLC.
		Patients with SCLC are staged according to a two- stage system, being diagnosed as having either limited-stage disease or extensive-stage disease.
		The current two-year survival rate for patients with extensive SCLC is less than 10 percent with current management options.
	www.ptcommunity.com /Daily/DailyDetail.cfm?chosen=64848 (1089 words)

	About Small Cell Lung Cancer
		The stage of the cancer (whether it is in the chest cavity only or has spread to other places in the body).
		When chemotherapy is placed directly into the spinal column, an organ, or a body cavity such as the abdomen, the drugs mainly affect cancer cells in those areas (regional chemotherapy).
		The way the chemotherapy is given depends on the type and stage of the cancer being treated.
	www.jamesline.com /cancertypes/lung/about/smallcell (2203 words)

	Lung cancer - small cell
		Small cell cancer is divided into "limited stage" (generally cancer confined to the chest) and "extensive stage" (cancer that has spread outside the chest).
		The traditional staging system, which divides cancer into stages I through IV, is not generally applicable to small cell lung cancer.
		For limited stage small cell cancer, cure rates may be as high as 25%, while cure rates for extensive stage disease are less than 5%.
	www.adam.com /democontent/hie/ency/article/000122.htm (593 words)

	Types and Stages of Lung Cancer
		Disease in this stage is limited to the surface of the bronchus (carcinoma in situ) and may be treated with surgical resection.
		Some patients with limited Stage IIIA disease are treated with surgery with or without preoperative chemotherapy.
		Cancers at this stage are not treated with surgery.
	www.mayoclinic.org /lung-cancer/types.html (404 words)

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