The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project Proposals for the Revisions of the T Descriptors in the Forthcoming Eighth Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer

Rami-Porta, Ramon; Bolejack, Vanessa; Crowley, John; Ball, David; Kim, Jhingook; Lyons, Gustavo; Rice, Thomas; Suzuki, Kenji; Thomas, TUNCAY; Travis, William; Wu, Yi-Long

doi:10.1097/jto.0000000000000559

The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project Proposals for the Revisions of the T Descriptors in the Forthcoming Eighth Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer

Rami-Porta R., Bolejack V., Crowley J., Ball D., Kim J., Lyons G., ...More

JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY, vol.10, pp.990-1003, 2015 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 10
Publication Date: 2015
Doi Number: 10.1097/jto.0000000000000559
Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY
Page Numbers: pp.990-1003
Keywords: Lung cancer, Lung cancer staging, T component, T descriptors, TNM classification, Tumor size, VISCERAL PLEURAL INVASION, TNM CLASSIFICATION, 7TH EDITION, PROGNOSTIC-SIGNIFICANCE, COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY, SURGICAL-TREATMENT, TUMOR SIZE, SURVIVAL, ADENOCARCINOMA, IMPACT

Abstract

Introduction: An international database was collected to inform the 8(th) edition of the anatomic classification of lung cancer. The present analyses concern its primary tumor (T) component.