Open AccessVisceral pleural invasion in T1 tumors (≤3 cm), particularly T1a, in the eighth tumor-node-metastasis classification system for non-small cell lung cancer: a population-based study
Author(s) -
Tao Zhang,
Jiatao Zhang,
Wenfeng Li,
JunTao Lin,
Siyang Liu,
HongHong Yan,
JinJi Yang,
XueNing Yang,
YiLong Wu,
Qiang Nie
Publication year - 2019
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.2019.06.32
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , cohort , stage (stratigraphy) , metastasis , oncology , cancer , lung , surgery , paleontology , biology
We aimed to validate the tumor (T) descriptors of visceral pleural invasion (VPI) for T1 tumors (<3 cm) in the 8th edition of the tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) classification system and the prognostic value of VPI for resected T1a tumors.