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Patient presented for chest pain. CT Chest: 1.2 cm tumor in the LUL suspicious for carcinoma. LUL is also displaying atelectasis. There is a right station 4 lymph node seen that is consistent with mets involvement. Lobectomy performed revealing: 2.5cm adenocarcinoma, no LVI, with parietal pleura invasion, 2 right mediastinal lymph nodes positive. What is the EOD T category?

Patient presented for chest pain. CT Chest: 1.2 cm tumor in the LUL lung suspicious for carcinoma. LUL is also displaying atelectasis. There is a right station 4 lymph node seen that is consistent with mets involvement. Lobectomy performed revealing: 2.5cm adenocarcinoma, no LVI, with parietal pleura invasion, 2 right mediastinal lymph nodes positive. What is the clinical AJCC M category?

Patient presented for shortness of breath (SOB). Patient underwent a CT of chest revealing 1.2 cm nodule in the LUL of lung suspicious for malignancy. There was also a nodule in the RLL 1.1cm consistent with intrapulmonary mets. There were 2 left subaortic lymph nodes consistent with mets. No other abnormalities noted. What is the clinical T category? 

Patient has a CT chest revealing nodule in the upper lobe of right lung, measuring 2.5cm. There is another nodule in the right lower lobe compatible with intrapulmonary mets. There is pericardial effusion present. No lymph nodes noted.  What is the EOD M category?

Patient has a CT chest revealing nodule in the upper lobe of right lung, measuring 2.5cm. There is another nodule in the right lower lobe appears to be intrapulmonary mets. There is pericardial effusion present. No lymph nodes noted. What is the clinical AJCC M category?

Patient presented for chest pain. CT Chest: 1.2 cm tumor in the LUL suspicious for carcinoma. LUL is also displaying atelectasis. There is a right station 4 lymph node seen that is consistent with mets involvement. Lobectomy performed revealing: 2.5cm adenocarcinoma, no LVI, with parietal pleura invasion, 2 right mediastinal lymph nodes positive. What is the clinical AJCC Stage Group?

Imaging of chest show infiltrates but no tumor. A bronchoscopy was performed which revealed cytology from the bronchial washing with malignant cells present. What is the EOD T category? 

Patient has a CT chest revealing nodule in the upper lobe of right lung, measuring 2.5cm. There is another nodule in the right lower lobe compatible with intrapulmonary mets. There is pericardial effusion present. No lymph nodes noted. What is the clinical AJCC T category?

The following data was graphed using a basic quality/improvement tool:  Location Temperature A 85   A 88   A 80   B 91   B 87   B 88   C 84   C 78   C 85   Average Temp for A = 84.3 Average Temp for B = 88.7 Average Temp for C = 82.3   a) Is the above chart a histogram — Yes or No? b) Explain the characteristics that do or do not make it a proper histogram.