The IASLC Mesothelioma Staging Project: Improving Staging of a Rare Disease Through International Participation Harvey Pass, MD, Dorothy Giroux, PhD, Catherine Kennedy, MD, Enrico Ruffini, MD, Ayten K. Cangir, MD, David Rice, MD, Hisao Asamura, MD, David Waller, MD, John Edwards, MD, Walter Weder, MD, Hans Hoffmann, MD, Jan P. van Meerbeeck, MD, Anna Nowak, MD, Valerie W. Rusch Peter Goldstraw, Ramón Rami-Porta, Hisao Asamura, David Ball, David Beer, Ricardo Beyruti, Vanessa Bolejack, Kari Chansky, John Crowley, Frank Detterbeck, Wilfried Ernst Erich Eberhardt, John Edwards, Françoise Galateau-Sallé, Dorothy Giroux, Fergus Gleeson, Patti Groome, James Huang, Catherine Kennedy, Jhingook Kim, Young Tae Kim, Laura Kingsbury, Haruhiko Kondo, Mark Krasnik, Kaoru Kubota, Antoon Lerut, Gustavo Lyons, Mirella Marino, Edith M. Marom, Jan van Meerbeeck, Alan Mitchell, Takashi Nakano, Andrew G. Nicholson, Anna Nowak, Michael Peake, Thomas Rice, Kenneth Rosenzweig, Enrico Ruffini, Valerie Rusch, Nagahiro Saijo, Paul Van Schil, Jean-Paul Sculier, Lynn Shemanski, Kelly Stratton, Kenji Suzuki, Yuji Tachimori, Charles F. Thomas, William Travis, Ming S. Tsao, Andrew Turrisi, Johan Vansteenkiste, Hirokazu Watanabe, Yi-Long Wu, Paul Baas, Jeremy Erasmus, Seiki Hasegawa, Kouki Inai, Kemp Kernstine, Hedy Kindler, Lee Krug, Kristiaan Nackaerts, Harvey Pass, David Rice, Conrad Falkson, Pier Luigi Filosso, Giuseppe Giaccone, Kazuya Kondo, Marco Lucchi, Meinoshin Okumura, Eugene Blackstone, H. Asamura, H. Batirel, A. Bille, U. Pastorino, S. Call, A. Cangir, S. Cedres, J. Friedberg, F. Galateau-Salle, Hasagawa, K. Kernstine, H. Kindler, B. McCaughan, T. Nakano, A. Nowak, C. Atinkaya Ozturk, H. Pass, M. de Perrot, F. Rea, D. Rice, R. Rintoul, E. Ruffini, V. Rusch, L. Spaggiari, D. Galetta, K. Syrigos, C. Thomas, J. van Meerbeeck, J. Vansteenkiste, W. Weder, I. Opitz, M. Yoshimura Harvey Pass, MD, Dorothy Giroux, PhD, Catherine Kennedy, MD, Enrico Ruffini, MD, Ayten K. Cangir, MD, David Rice, MD, Hisao Asamura, MD, David Waller, MD, John Edwards, MD, Walter Weder, MD, Hans Hoffmann, MD, Jan P. van Meerbeeck, MD, Anna Nowak, MD, Valerie W. Rusch Peter Goldstraw, Ramón Rami-Porta, Hisao Asamura, David Ball, David Beer, Ricardo Beyruti, Vanessa Bolejack, Kari Chansky, John Crowley, Frank Detterbeck, Wilfried Ernst Erich Eberhardt, John Edwards, Françoise Galateau-Sallé, Dorothy Giroux, Fergus Gleeson, Patti Groome, James Huang, Catherine Kennedy, Jhingook Kim, Young Tae Kim, Laura Kingsbury, Haruhiko Kondo, Mark Krasnik, Kaoru Kubota, Antoon Lerut, Gustavo Lyons, Mirella Marino, Edith M. Marom, Jan van Meerbeeck, Alan Mitchell, Takashi Nakano, Andrew G. Nicholson, Anna Nowak, Michael Peake, Thomas Rice, Kenneth Rosenzweig, Enrico Ruffini, Valerie Rusch, Nagahiro Saijo, Paul Van Schil, Jean-Paul Sculier, Lynn Shemanski, Kelly Stratton, Kenji Suzuki, Yuji Tachimori, Charles F. Thomas, William Travis, Ming S. Tsao, Andrew Turrisi, Johan Vansteenkiste, Hirokazu Watanabe, Yi-Long Wu, Paul Baas, Jeremy Erasmus, Seiki Hasegawa, Kouki Inai, Kemp Kernstine, Hedy Kindler, Lee Krug, Kristiaan Nackaerts, Harvey Pass, David Rice, Conrad Falkson, Pier Luigi Filosso, Giuseppe Giaccone, Kazuya Kondo, Marco Lucchi, Meinoshin Okumura, Eugene Blackstone, H. Asamura, H. Batirel, A. Bille, U. Pastorino, S. Call, A. Cangir, S. Cedres, J. Friedberg, F. Galateau-Salle, Hasagawa, K. Kernstine, H. Kindler, B. McCaughan, T. Nakano, A. Nowak, C. Atinkaya Ozturk, H. Pass, M. de Perrot, F. Rea, D. Rice, R. Rintoul, E. Ruffini, V. Rusch, L. Spaggiari, D. Galetta, K. Syrigos, C. Thomas, J. van Meerbeeck, J. Vansteenkiste, W. Weder, I. Opitz, M. Yoshimura Journal of Thoracic Oncology Volume 11, Issue 12, Pages 2082-2088 (December 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2016.09.123 Copyright © 2016 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Overall survival by best staging for patients undergoing surgery with curative intent. The 95% confidence interval is shown in parentheses. Reprinted with permission from Rusch et al.7 Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2016 11, 2082-2088DOI: (10.1016/j.jtho.2016.09.123) Copyright © 2016 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Recommendations for uniform classification of MPM cytoreduction. MPM, malignant pleural mesothelioma; IASLC, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer; IMIG, International Mesothelioma Interest Group; EPP, extrapleural pneumonectomy; P/D, pleurectomy/decortication. Reprinted with permission from Rice et al.15 Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2016 11, 2082-2088DOI: (10.1016/j.jtho.2016.09.123) Copyright © 2016 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions