Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the United States and
worldwide. Early detection of lung cancer is an important opportunity for decreasing …

This article proposes codes for the primary tumor categories of adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS)
and minimally invasive adenocarcinoma (MIA) and a uniform way to measure tumor size in …

Abstract The IASLC Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee has collected a new
database of 94,708 cases donated from 35 sources in 16 countries around the globe. This …

Importance Targeting oncogenic drivers (genomic alterations critical to cancer development
and maintenance) has transformed the care of patients with lung adenocarcinomas. The …

The seventh edition of the non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) TNM staging system was
developed by the International Association for the Staging of Lung Cancer (IASLC) Lung …

Accurate preoperative staging and restaging of mediastinal lymph nodes in patients with
potentially resectable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is of paramount importance. In …

In the decade since the last Lancet Seminar on lung cancer there have been advances in
many aspects of the classification, diagnosis, and treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer …

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 …

Objectives Stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) describes a heterogeneous
population with disease presentation ranging from apparently resectable tumors with occult …

BACKGROUND Lung cancer kills more people than any other cancer in the UK (5-year
survival< 13%). Early diagnosis can save lives. The USA-based National Lung Cancer …