The IASLC/ITMIG Thymic Malignancies Staging Project Development of a Stage Classification for Thymic Malignancies Journal Article
| Authors: | Detterbeck, F. C.; Asamura, H.; Crowley, J.; Falkson, C.; Giaccone, G.; Giroux, D.; Huang, J.; Kim, J.; Kondo, K.; Lucchi, M.; Marino, M.; Marom, E. M.; Nicholson, A.; Okumura, M.; Ruffni, E.; van Schil, P.; Stratton, K.; on behalf of the Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee; Members of the Advisory Boards; and Participating Institutions of the Thymic Domain |
| Article Title: | The IASLC/ITMIG Thymic Malignancies Staging Project Development of a Stage Classification for Thymic Malignancies |
| Abstract: | The lack of an official-stage classification system for thymic malignancies is an issue that hampers progress in this rare disease. A collaborative effort by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer and the International Thymic Malignancies Interest Group is underway to develop proposals for such a system. A database of more than 10,000 cases worldwide has been assembled to provide a solid basis for analysis. This report outlines the structure of the effort and the process that has been designed. Copyright © 2013 by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. |
| Keywords: | thymoma; thymic carcinoma; staging of stage classification |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Thoracic Oncology |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Issue: | 12 |
| ISSN: | 1556-0864 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. |
| Date Published: | 2013-12-01 |
| Start Page: | 1467 |
| End Page: | 1473 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1097/jto.0000000000000017 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PUBMED: | 24389429 |
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| Notes: | Export Date: 3 February 2014 -- Source: Scopus |
