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The New Lung Cancer Staging System

Chest, 2009-07, Vol.136 (1), p.260-271 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
The New Lung Cancer Staging System
Author: DETTERBECK, Frank C ; BOFFA, Daniel J ; TANOUE, Lynn T
Subjects: Biological and medical sciences ; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - mortality ; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - pathology ; Cardiology. Vascular system ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms - mortality ; Lung Neoplasms - pathology ; Medical sciences ; Neoplasm Staging - methods ; Pneumology ; Survival Analysis ; Tumors of the respiratory system and mediastinum
Is Part Of: Chest, 2009-07, Vol.136 (1), p.260-271
Description: The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) has conducted an extensive initiative to inform the revision of the lung cancer staging system. This involved development of an international database along with extensive analysis of a large population of patients and their prognoses. This article reviews the recommendations of the IASLC International Staging Committee for the definitions for the TNM descriptors and the stage grouping in the new non-small cell lung cancer staging system.
Publisher: Northbrook, IL: American College of Chest Physicians
Language: English;Chinese
Identifier: ISSN: 0012-3692
ISSN: 1009-3419
EISSN: 1931-3543
EISSN: 1999-6187
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-0978
PMID: 19584208
CODEN: CHETBF
Source: MEDLINE
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