Application of the revised lung cancer staging system (IASLC Staging Project) to a cancer center population Edmund S. Kassis, MD, Ara A. Vaporciyan, MD, Stephen G. Swisher, MD, Arlene M. Correa, PhD, B. Nebiyou Bekele, PhD, Jeremy J. Erasmus, MD, Wayne L. Hofstetter, MD, Ritsuko Komaki, Reza J. Mehran, Cesar A. Moran, Katherine M. Pisters, David C. Rice, MD, Garrett L. Walsh, MD, Jack A. Roth, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 138, Issue 2, Pages 412-418.e2 (August 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.01.033 Copyright © 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Kaplan–Meier survival by overall stage for UICC-6 (A) and IASLC (B). HR, Hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; MS, median survival; NR, not reached. UICC, Union Internationale Contre le Cancer; IASLC, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2009 138, 412-418.e2DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.01.033) Copyright © 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Shifting of stage after application of IASLC system. IASLC, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2009 138, 412-418.e2DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.01.033) Copyright © 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Appendix Figure 1 Distribution of differences under the null distribution. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2009 138, 412-418.e2DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.01.033) Copyright © 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions