The IASLC/ITMIG thymic epithelial tumors staging project: Proposals for the N and M components for the forthcoming (8th) edition of the TNM classification of malignant tumors

Kondo, K.; Van Schil, P.; Detterbeck, F.C.; Okumura, M.; Giroux, D.; Asamura, H.; Crowley, J.; Falkson, C.; Filosso, P.L.; Giaccone, G.; Huang, J.; Kim, J.; Lucchi, M.; Marino, M.; Marom, E.M.; Nicholson, A.G.; Ruffini, E.; Goldstraw, P.; Rami-Porta, R.; Ball, D.; Beer, D.; Beyruti, R.; Bolejack, V.; Chansky, K.; Eberhardt, W.E.E.; Edwards, J.; Galateau-Sallé, F.; Gleeson, F.; Groome, P.; Kennedy, C.; Kingsbury, L.; Kim, Y.T.; Kondo, H.; Krasnik, M.; Kubota, K.; Lerut, A.; Lyons, G.; Van Meerbeeck, J.; Mitchell, A.; Nakano, T.; Nowak, A.; Peake, M.; Rice, T.; Rosenzweig, K.; Rusch, V.; Saijo, N.; Sculier, J.-P.; Shemanski, L.; Stratton, K.; Suzuki, K.; Tachimori, Y.; Thomas, C.F., Jr.; Travis, W.; Tsao, M.S.; Turrisi, A.; Vansteenkiste, J.; Watanabe, H.; Wu, Y.-L.; Baas, P.; Erasmus, J.; Hasegawa, S.; Inai, K.; Kernstine, K.; Kindler, H.; Krug, L.; Nackaerts, K.; Pass, H.; Rice, D.; Blackstone, E.; Call Caja, S.; Ahmad, U.; Detterbeck, F.; Girard, N.; Haam, S.J.; Gomez, D.R.; Marom, E.M.; Van Schil, P.; Bae, M.K.; Gomez, D.R.; Marom, E.M.; Van Schil, P.; Ströbel, P.; Marx, A.; Saita, S.; Wakelee, H.; Bertolaccini, L.; Vallieres, E.; Scott, W.; Su, S.; Park, B.; Marks, J.; Khella, S.; Shen, R.; Rosenberg, M.; Rosenberg, M.; Huang, J.; Tomulescu, V.; Foroulis, C.; Lang-Lazdunski, L.; Billè, A.; Maessen, J.G.; Keijzers, M.; Van Veer, H.; Wright, C.; Facciolo, F.; Palmieri, G.; Buonerba, C.; Ferguson, M.; Marulli, G.; Loehrer, P.; Kalkat, M.; Rohrberg, K.; Daugaard, G.; Toker, A.; Erus, S.; Kimmich, M.; Brunelli, A.; Refai, M.; Nicholson, A.; Lim, E.; Park, I.K.; Wagner, J.; Tieu, B.; Fang, W.; Zhang, J.; Yu, Z.; Han, Y.; Li, Y.; Chen, K.; Chen, G.; Nagai, K.; Fujii, Y.; Nakajima, J.; Ikeda, N.; Haraguchi, S.; Onuki, T.; Yoshino, I.; Tsuchida, M.; Takahashi, S.; Yokoi, K.; Hanyuda, M.; Niwa, H.; Date, H.; Maniwa, Y.; Miyoshi, S.; Iwasaki, A.; Okamoto, T.; Nagayasu, T.; Tanaka, F.; Suzuki, M.; Yoshida, K.; Okuma, Y.; Horio, H.; Matsumura, A.; Higashiyama, M.; Suehisa, H.; Onuki, T.; Sano, Y.; Kondo, K.; Al Kattan, K.; Cerfolio, R.; Gebitekin, C.; Gomez De Antonio, D.; Kernstine, K.H.; Altorki, N.; Novoa, N.; Ruffini, E.; Filosso, P.L.; Saita, S.; Scarci, M.; Voltolini, L.; Weder, W.; Zurek, W.; Arame, A.; Casadio, C.; Carbognani, P.; Donati, G.; Keshavjee, S.; Klepetko, W.; Moser, B.; Lequaglie, C.; Liberman, M.; Mariateresa Mancuso; Nosotti, M.; Spaggiari, L.; Thomas, P.A.; Rendina, E.; Venuta, F.; Anile, M.; Schützner, J.; Rocco, G.

Title	The IASLC/ITMIG thymic epithelial tumors staging project: Proposals for the N and M components for the forthcoming (8th) edition of the TNM classification of malignant tumors
Publication Type	Articolo su Rivista peer-reviewed
Year of Publication	2014
Authors	Kondo, K., Van Schil P., Detterbeck F.C., Okumura M., Giroux D., Asamura H., Crowley J., Falkson C., Filosso P.L., Giaccone G., et al.
Journal	Journal of Thoracic Oncology
Volume	9
Pagination	S81-S87
ISSN	15560864
Keywords	article, cancer mortality, cancer recurrence, cancer staging, cancer survival, cervical lymph node, classification, distant metastasis, epithelium tumor, Glandular and Epithelial, human, Humans, lung nodule, lymph node metastasis, Lymphatic Metastasis, mediastinum lymph node, metastasis, Neoplasm, Neoplasm Metastasis, Neoplasm Staging, Neoplasms, neuroendocrine tumor, Pathology, priority journal, prognosis, survival, Survival Analysis, thymoma, Thymus Neoplasms
Abstract	Stage classification is an important underpinning of management of patients with cancer, and rests on a combination of three components: T for tumor extent, N for nodal involvement, and M for more distant metastases. This article details an initiative to develop proposals for the first official stage classification system for thymic malignancies for the 8th edition of the stage classification manuals. Specifically, the results of analysis of a large database and the considerations leading to the proposed N and M components are described. Nodal involvement is divided into an anterior (N1) and a deep (N2) category. Metastases can involve pleural or pericardial nodules (M1a) or intraparenchymal pulmonary nodules or metastases to distant sites (M1b). Copyright © 2014 by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.
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Citation Key	Kondo2014S81