Open AccessShould minimally invasive lung adenocarcinoma be transferred from stage IA1 to stage 0 in future updates of the TNM staging system?
Author(s) -
Tianxiang Chen,
Jizhuang Luo,
Heng Gu,
Yu Gu,
Jia Huang,
Qingquan Luo,
Yunhai Yang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.10.78
Subject(s) - medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , adenocarcinoma , lung , survival rate , overall survival , oncology , cancer , paleontology , biology
The 8th International Association Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) TNM classification staging project for lung cancer has classified patients with adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) into stage 0, while patients with a minimally invasive adenocarcinoma (MIA) were classified into stage IA1. However, MIA patients, similar to AIS patients, have an approximately a 100% 5-year survival. This study aimed to investigate if MIA could be transferred from stage IA to stage 0 in the next TNM staging system.