The IASLC/ITMIG thymic epithelial tumors staging project: Proposals for the N and M components for the forthcoming (8th) edition of the TNM classification of malignant tumors Journal Article

  

Authors:	Kondo, K.; van Schil, P.; Detterbeck, F. C.; Okumura, M.; Stratton, K.; Giroux, D.; Asamura, H.; Crowley, J.; Falkson, C.; Filosso, P. L.; Giaccone, G.; Huang, J.; Kim, J.; Lucchi, M.; Marino, M.; Marom, E. M.; Nicholson, A. G.; Ruffini, E.; on behalf of the Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee; Members of the Advisory Boards; Participating Institutions of the Thymic Domain
Contributors:	Rusch, V.; Travis, W.; Krug, L.
Article Title:	The IASLC/ITMIG thymic epithelial tumors staging project: Proposals for the N and M components for the forthcoming (8th) edition of the TNM classification of malignant tumors
Abstract:	Stage classification is an important underpinning of management of patients with cancer, and rests on a combination of three components: T for tumor extent, N for nodal involvement, and M for more distant metastases. This article details an initiative to develop proposals for the first official stage classification system for thymic malignancies for the 8th edition of the stage classification manuals. Specifically, the results of analysis of a large database and the considerations leading to the proposed N and M components are described. Nodal involvement is divided into an anterior (N1) and a deep (N2) category. Metastases can involve pleural or pericardial nodules (M1a) or intraparenchymal pulmonary nodules or metastases to distant sites (M1b). Copyright © 2014 by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.
Keywords:	cancer survival; cancer recurrence; cancer staging; lymph node metastasis; staging; cancer mortality; distant metastasis; neuroendocrine tumor; cervical lymph node; thymoma; thymic carcinoma; epithelium tumor; mediastinum lymph node; lung nodule; prognosis; human; priority journal; article; stage classification
Journal Title:	Journal of Thoracic Oncology
Volume:	9
Issue:	9 Suppl. 2
ISSN:	1556-0864
Publisher:	Elsevier Inc.
Date Published:	2014-09-01
Start Page:	S81
End Page:	S87
Language:	English
PROVIDER:	scopus
PUBMED:	25396316
DOI:	10.1097/jto.0000000000000291
DOI/URL:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84949117731&partnerID=40&md5=ec9189abb0a4a33a35759c30c97821a4
Notes:	Article -- Export Date: 7 January 2016 -- Source: Scopus

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