the current american joint committee on cancer ( ajcc ) staging system for bronchogenic carcinoma , which divides stage iii m0 cases into stages iiia and iiib , is based on the observation that selected patients with iiia disease ( t3 or n2 ) can undergo complete surgical resection , in distinction to iiib patients ( t4 or n3 ) .
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complete
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surgical