Introduction: An international database was collected to inform the 8 th edition of the
anatomic classification of lung cancer. The present analyses concern its primary tumor (T) …

Purpose To propose changes in the seventh revision of the tumor, node, metastasis (TNM)
classification for lung cancer. Methods Data on 100,869 patients were submitted to the …

Introduction In 1996, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)
launched a worldwide TNM staging project to inform the next edition (seventh) of the TNM …

The International Staging Committee (ISC) of the International Association for the Study of
Lung Cancer (IASLC) collected 68,463 patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer and 13,032 …

Introduction The seventh edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors is due to be
published early in 2009. In preparation for this, the International Association for the Study of …

Introduction Stage classification provides a consistent language to describe the anatomic
extent of disease and is therefore a critical tool in caring for patients. The Staging and …

The analyses of the retrospective database of the International Association for the Study of
Lung Cancer (IASLC), consisting of more than 81,000 evaluable patients diagnosed with …

Introduction Application of tumor, node, and metastasis (TNM) classification is difficult in
patients with lung cancer presenting as multiple ground glass nodules or with diffuse …

Introduction Revisions to the TNM stage classifications for lung cancer, informed by the
international database (N= 94,708) of the International Association for the Study of Lung …

Background We performed a validation study of the proposed International Association for
the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) and stage grouping …