Lung cancer — major changes in the American Joint Committee on Cancer eighth edition cancer staging manual

Answer questions and earn CME/CNE The revision for the eighth edition of the tumor, node, and metastasis (TNM) classification of lung cancer was based on analyses of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer database, which included 77,156 evaluable patients diagnosed with lung canc...

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Published in:CA: a cancer journal for clinicians 2017-03, Vol.67 (2), p.138-155
Main Authors: Rami‐Porta, Ramón, Asamura, Hisao, Travis, William D., Rusch, Valerie W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma - pathology
Humans
Lung cancer
lung cancer staging
Lung Neoplasms - pathology
Lymphatic Metastasis
Medical diagnosis
Metastasis
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Neoplasm Staging
nonsmall cell lung cancer
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Prognosis
regional lymph node map
small cell lung cancer
stage grouping
TNM classification
Tumors
United States
visceral pleural invasion
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Summary:Answer questions and earn CME/CNE The revision for the eighth edition of the tumor, node, and metastasis (TNM) classification of lung cancer was based on analyses of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer database, which included 77,156 evaluable patients diagnosed with lung cancer from 1999 to 2010. Among tumor (T) descriptors, the following new tumor‐size groups were created: T1a, ≤1 cm; T1b, >1 to 2 cm; T1c, >2 to 3 cm; T2a, >3 to 4 cm; T2b, >4 to 5 cm; T3, >5 to 7 cm; and T4, >7 cm. Tis and T1mi were introduced for adenocarcinoma in situ and minimally invasive adenocarcinoma, respectively. Endobronchial tumors located
ISSN:0007-9235
1542-4863
DOI:10.3322/caac.21390