New Entities in Smoking Related Lung Disease
New Entities in Smoking Related Lung Disease
New Entities in Smoking Related Lung Disease
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Pathology Recommendation 9/10<br />
• NSCLC be classified <strong>in</strong>to more specific<br />
histologic type whenever possible<br />
• NSCLC-NOS should be used as little as<br />
possible<br />
Why Does This Matter?<br />
• AIS and MIA, as def<strong>in</strong>ed, have a much<br />
better prognosis when compared to<br />
<strong>in</strong>vasive tumors of the same size.<br />
• Some histologic subtypes have<br />
prognostic significance.<br />
– Lepidic > Ac<strong>in</strong>ar / Papillary > Solid / Micropapillary<br />
5/28/2011<br />
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