Open AccessValidation of the lung cancer staging system revisions using a large prospective clinical trial database (ACOSOG Z0030)
Author(s) -
Juan J. Fibla,
Stephen D. Cassivi,
Paul A. Decker,
Mark S. Allen,
Gail Darling,
Rodney J. Landreneau,
Robert J. McKenna,
Joe B. Putnam,
ACOSOG Z Study Group
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1093/ejcts/ezs520
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , lung cancer staging , clinical trial , cancer , cohort , prospective cohort study , surgery , nuclear medicine , paleontology , biology , mediastinoscopy
A new revision of the international lung cancer staging system has been recently introduced. The revisions are largely focussed on the T descriptor. We sought to test the validity of this new system on a separate prospectively collected cohort of patients from a recent multicentre trial of early-stage lung cancer.
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