The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Thymic Epithelial Tumor Staging Project: Unresolved Issues to be Addressed for the Next Ninth Edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors

• Published in: Journal of thoracic oncology Vol. 17; no. 6; pp. 838 - 851
• Main Authors: Huang, James, Ahmad, Usman, Bille, Andrea, Boubia, Souheil, Brambilla, Cecilia, Cangir, Ayten Kayi, Cilento, Vanessa, Filosso, Pier Luigi, Girard, Nicolas, Infante, Maurizio, Lucchi, Marco, Marom, Edith M., Nicholson, Andrew G., Rimner, Andreas, Asamura, Hisao, Rami-Porta, Ramon, Araujo, Luiz Henrique, Bertoglio, Pietro, Beyruti, Ricardo, Cangir, A.K., Connolly, Casey, Darling, Gail, Detterbeck, Frank, Dibaba, Daniel, D’ Journo, Xavier Benoit, Eberhardt, Wilfried, Fang, Wentao, Fennell, Dean, Giroux, Dorothy, Hirsch, Fred, Hoffman, Hans, Hofstetter, Wayne, Joubert, Philippe, Kerr, Keith, Kim, Young Tae, Kim, Dong Kwan, Liu, Hui, Low, Donald E., Lyons, Gustavo, MacMahon, Heber, Marino, Mirella, Matilla, José-María, Meerbeeck, Jan van, Nicholson, Andrew, Nishimura, Katie, Nowak, Anna, Osarogiagbon, Raymond U., Pass, Harvey, de Perrot, Marc, Rosenthal, Adam, Ruffini, Enrico, Sakai, Shuji, Suárez, Francisco, Terra, Ricardo M., Travis, William D., Watanabe, Shun-Ichi, Wistuba, Ignacio, Wynes, Murry, Yatabe, Yasushi, Appel, Sarit, Armato, Samuel, Brunelli, Alex, Cooper, Wendy, Krasnik, Mark, Kubota, Kauro, Labbe, Catherine, Lee, Ho Yun, Liu, Geoffrey, Liu, Hongxu, Nishino, Mizuki, Ostrowski, Marcin, Presley, Carolyn, Putora, Paul Martin, Ren, Harry, Rocco, Gaetano, Ruiz Tzukazan, Maria Teresa, Samstein, Robert, Turna, Akif, Weksler, Benny, Williams, Terence, Yang, Dawei, Giaccone, Giuseppe, Guerrera, Francesco, Simone, Charles B., Ferguson, Mark, Sauter, Jennifer, Wolf, Andrea, Falkson, Conrad, Kim, Hong Kwan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.2022
• Subjects: IASLC; Staging; Thymic tumors; TNM; Thymic tumors; IASLC; TNM; Staging
• ISSN: 1556-0864; 1556-1380; 1556-1380
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.03.005

Thymic epithelial tumors are presently staged using a consistent TNM classification developed by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) and approved by the Union for International Cancer Control and the American Joint Committee on Cancer. The stage classification is incor...