The revised tumor-node-metastasis staging system for lung cancer: changes and perspectives

被引:4
作者
de Andrade, Filipe Moreira [1 ]
Abou Mourad, Omar Mote [1 ]
Judice, Luiz Felippe [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Fed Fluminense, Sch Med, Antonio Pedro Univ Hosp, Dept Surg,Div Thorac Surg, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil
关键词
Lung neoplasms; Neoplasm staging; Epidemiologic methods; FORTHCOMING 7TH EDITION; INTERNATIONAL-ASSOCIATION; TNM CLASSIFICATION; PROJECT; PROPOSALS;
D O I
10.1590/S1806-37132010000500014
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R56 [呼吸系及胸部疾病];
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摘要
The tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) staging system for lung cancer has been modified since its first edition in the late 1960s. Its seventh edition has been recently published and, for the first time, a truly worldwide database was analyzed in order to propose modifications in the staging. Significant changes have been made in the tumor and metastasis descriptors. Although the recommendations for the node descriptor have remained unchanged, the analysis of the factors related to this descriptor suggests that modifications will be made in the future. The forthcoming revisions of the TNM staging system might take the molecular aspects of lung cancer into consideration, aiming at a more refined staging system.
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页码:617 / 620
页数:4
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