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The Eighth Edition Lung Cancer Stage Classification

Frank C. Detterbeck, +3 more
- 01 Jan 2017 - 
- Vol. 151, Iss: 1, pp 193-203
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This paper summarizes the eighth edition of lung cancer stage classification, which is the worldwide standard as of January 1, 2017, based on a large global database, a sophisticated analysis, extensive internal validation as well as multiple assessments confirming generalizability.
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This article is published in Chest.The article was published on 2017-01-01. It has received 987 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cancer.

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Lung Cancer

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TNM classification of malignant tumours

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The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for Revision of the TNM Stage Groupings in the Forthcoming (Eighth) Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer.

Peter Goldstraw, +142 more
TL;DR: The methods used to evaluate the resultant Stage groupings and the proposals put forward for the 8th edition of the TNM Classification for lung cancer due to be published late 2016 are described.
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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

TL;DR: Recommendations are to subclassify T1 into T1a, T1b, and T1c, and to group involvement of main bronchus as T2 regardless of distance from carina; to group partial and total atelectasis/pneumonitis as T1; to reclassify diaphragm invasion as T4; and to delete mediastinal pleura invasion as a T descriptor.
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