… thoracic oncology community worldwide has never had such solid clinical practice guidelines
on lung cancer staging … and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) in this …

… Tomography, whereas Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery has already been established as …
for invasive histological staging. Molecular staging may transform future lung cancer staging, …

… Several lymph node maps have been used by thoracic surgeons for staging lung cancer,
including the Naruke and MDATS maps. However, a unified and simplified lymph node map …

Therapeutic decisions in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients depend on the tumor
stage. PET/CT with 18 F-FDG is widely accepted as the diagnostic standard of care. The …

… Thoracic Society staging system. Mediastinoscopy may be utilized safely in patients with
superior vena cava obstruction and in patients who have had a prior mediastinoscopy. It can be …

… In conclusion, a better-refined T definition may allow better staging and treatment of lung
cancer patients. Our data, obtained from a combined medical and surgical cohort, demonstrates …

… diagnosed with lung cancer from 1999 to 2010. This new database is being used now to
inform the 8 th edition of the TNM classification of lung cancer due to be published in 2016. …

… of the anatomical extent or stage of lung cancers led to the … for Lung Cancer'showed that
the anatomical stage of lung … currently available for staging lung cancer and suggests which …

… The intrathoracic staging of lung cancer has evolved to … of these techniques, valuable staging
information can be obtained to … be obtained while limiting the morbidity of surgical staging. …

… thoracic CT through the liver for staging lung cancer rarely changes the tumor stage … (CT)
is the standard imaging modality used to radiologically stage lung cancer ( , 1– , 7). CT …