Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. To formulate
effective treatment strategies and optimize patient outcomes, accurate staging is essential …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer‐related mortality in the US TNM staging of lung
cancer is implemented to define the extent of disease and consequently assign prognosis …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with a dismal 5-year
survival rate of 15%. The TNM (tumor-node-metastasis) classification system for lung cancer …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortalities. TNM Staging, which has recently
been revised, remains an important guide to treatment and prognosis of lung cancer. In this …

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer proposed changes to the 7th
edition of the Tumor, Node, and Metastasis (TNM) staging manual of non–small cell lung …

Lung cancer is the most common cause of death from cancer in males, accounting for more
than 1.4 million deaths in 2008. It is a growing concern in China, Asia and Africa as well …

Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) require careful staging at the time of
diagnosis to determine prognosis and guide treatment recommendations. The seventh …

Abstract The Tumor, Node, Metastasis (TNM) staging system, adopted by the Union for
International Cancer Control (UICC) and the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) …

Introduction We performed a validation study at our institution, the International Union
Against Cancer (Union for International Cancer Control latest version of TNM Classification …

In the past 20 years, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) has
been working on a global project to revise the TNM classification of lung cancer. The first …