Plasma D-Dimer Level Correlates with Age, Metastasis, Recurrence, Tumor-Node-Metastasis Classification (TNM), and Treatment of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Patients

Table 1

TNM classification of non-small-cell lung cancer (8th edition).

Comprehensive staging	T stage	N stage	M stage	Number
0 stage	Tis (carcinoma in situ)	N0	M0	0
IA1 stage	T1a (mis)	N0	M0	98
IA2 stage	T1b	N0	M0
IA3 stage	T1c	N0	M0
IB stage	T2a	N0	M0
IIA stage	T2b	N0	M0	101
IIB stage	T1a-c	N1	M0
	T2a	N1	M0
	T2b	N1	M0
	T3	N0	M0
IIIA stage	T1a-c	N2	M0	172
	T2a-b	N2	M0
	T3	N1	M0
	T4	N0	M0
	T4	N1	M0
IIIB stage	T1a-c	N3	M0
	T2a-b	N3	M0
	T3	N2	M0
	T4	N2	M0
IIIC stage	T3	N3	M0
	T4	N3	M0
IVA stage	Any T	Any N	M1a/b	299
IVB stage	Any T	Any N	M1c
Total				670

TNM:Tumor Node Metastasis.