The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Thymic Epithelial Tumor Staging Project: Unresolved Issues to be Addressed for the Next Ninth Edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors

IASLC Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee and of the Advisory Boards

doi:10.1016/j.jtho.2022.03.005

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Thymic Epithelial Tumor Staging Project: Unresolved Issues to be Addressed for the Next Ninth Edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors

IASLC Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee and of the Advisory Boards

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

University of Turin
Hospital Universitari Mutua Terrassa
Centro de Investigacion en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES) Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospital Ibn Rochd
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Ankara University
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Yale University
Queen's University Kingston
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Cornell University
Institut Curie
University and Hospital Trust
University of Ulsan
Pisa University Hospital
IRCCS Istituti fisioterapici ospitalieri - Istituto Regina Elena
Tel Aviv University
National Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama Medical Center
Keio University

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Thymic epithelial tumors are presently staged using a consistent TNM classification developed by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) and approved by the Union for International Cancer Control and the American Joint Committee on Cancer. The stage classification is incorporated in the eight edition of the TNM classification of thoracic malignancies. The IASLC Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee (SPFC)—Thymic Domain (TD) is in charge for the next (ninth) edition expected in 2024. The present article represents the midterm report of the SPFC-TD: in particular, it describes the unresolved issues identified by the group in the current stage classification which are worth being addressed and discussed for the ninth edition of the TNM classification on the basis of the available data collected in the central thymic database which will be managed and analyzed by Cancer Research And Biostatistics. These issues are grouped into issues of general importance and those specifically related to T, N, and M categories. Each issue is described in reference to the most recent reports on the subject, and the priority assigned by the IASLC SPFC-TD for the discussion of the ninth edition is provided.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	838-851
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Thoracic Oncology
Volume	17
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2022.03.005
State	Published - Jun 2022

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IASLC Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee and of the Advisory Boards (2022). The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Thymic Epithelial Tumor Staging Project: Unresolved Issues to be Addressed for the Next Ninth Edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 17(6), 838-851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2022.03.005

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IASLC Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee and of the Advisory Boards 2022, 'The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Thymic Epithelial Tumor Staging Project: Unresolved Issues to be Addressed for the Next Ninth Edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors', Journal of Thoracic Oncology, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 838-851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2022.03.005

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Thymic Epithelial Tumor Staging Project: Unresolved Issues to be Addressed for the Next Ninth Edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors. / IASLC Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee and of the Advisory Boards.
In: Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Vol. 17, No. 6, 06.2022, p. 838-851.

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