The IASLC lung cancer staging project : A proposal for a new international lymph node map in the forthcoming seventh edition of the TNM classification for lung cancer Journal Article
| Authors: | Rusch, V. W.; Asamura, H.; Watanabe, H.; Giroux, D. J.; Rami-Porta, R.; Goldstraw, P. |
| Article Title: | The IASLC lung cancer staging project : A proposal for a new international lymph node map in the forthcoming seventh edition of the TNM classification for lung cancer |
| Abstract: | The accurate assessment of lymph node involvement is an important part of the management of lung cancer. Lymph node "maps" have been used to describe the location of nodal metastases. However, discrepancies in nomenclature among maps used by Asian and Western countries hinder analyses of lung cancer treatment outcome. To achieve uniformity and to promote future analyses of a planned prospective international database, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer proposes a new lymph node map which reconciles differences among currently used maps, and provides precise anatomic definitions for all lymph node stations. A method of grouping lymph node stations together into "zones" is also proposed for the purposes of future survival analyses. © 2009 by the International Association for the Study of Lung. |
| Keywords: | survival rate; mortality; cancer staging; lymph node metastasis; lymph nodes; lymphatic metastasis; neoplasm staging; computer assisted tomography; classification; lung neoplasms; lung cancer; pathology; histology; cancer invasion; standard; lung tumor; societies, medical; lymph node; medical society; neoplasm invasiveness; lymphatic drainage; endoscopy; lung cancer staging; international cooperation; small cell carcinoma; lung cancer lymph node map; lymph node zones; pulmonary and mediastinal lymph nodes; tnm classification; mediastinum lymph node; carcinoma, small cell |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Thoracic Oncology |
| Volume: | 4 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| ISSN: | 1556-0864 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. |
| Date Published: | 2009-05-01 |
| Start Page: | 568 |
| End Page: | 577 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181a0d82e |
| PUBMED: | 19357537 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | --- - "Cited By (since 1996): 34" - "Export Date: 30 November 2010" - "Source: Scopus" |
