A Patient's Mediastinal Node Biopsies Were Sent for Immediate Frozen

question 10

Multiple Choice

A patient's mediastinal node biopsies were sent for immediate frozen section and revealed metastasis of the primary tumor of the left upper lobe to the ipsilateral mediastinal nodes.The patient's TNM and staging classification is:

• A) Stage II due to the TNM subset of T₁, N₁, M₀.
• B) Stage I due to the TNM subset of T₁, N₀, M₀.
• C) Stage IV due to the TNM subset of T₄, N₂, M₁.
• D) Stage IA due to the TNM subset of T₁, N₁, M₁.

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