The IASLC Mesothelioma Staging Project: Proposals for Revisions of the T Descriptors in the Forthcoming Eighth Edition of the TNM Classification for Pleural Mesothelioma Anna K. Nowak, M.B.B.S., PhD, Kari Chansky, MS, David C. Rice, MBBCh, Harvey I. Pass, MD, Hedy L. Kindler, MD, Lynn Shemanski, PhD, Andrea Billé, MD, PhD, Robert C. Rintoul, MBChB, PhD, Hasan F. Batirel, MD, PhD, Charles F. Thomas, MD, Joseph Friedberg, MD, Susana Cedres, MD, PhD, Marc de Perrot, MD, MSc, Valerie W. Rusch, MD 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, S. 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, P. Nafteux, J. Vansteenkiste, W. Weder, I. Optiz, M. Yoshimura Anna K. Nowak, M.B.B.S., PhD, Kari Chansky, MS, David C. Rice, MBBCh, Harvey I. Pass, MD, Hedy L. Kindler, MD, Lynn Shemanski, PhD, Andrea Billé, MD, PhD, Robert C. Rintoul, MBChB, PhD, Hasan F. Batirel, MD, PhD, Charles F. Thomas, MD, Joseph Friedberg, MD, Susana Cedres, MD, PhD, Marc de Perrot, MD, MSc, Valerie W. Rusch, MD 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, S. 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, P. Nafteux, J. Vansteenkiste, W. Weder, I. Optiz, M. Yoshimura Journal of Thoracic Oncology Volume 11, Issue 12, Pages 2089-2099 (December 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2016.08.147 Copyright © 2016 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 (A) Maximal tumor thickness perpendicular to the chest wall or mediastinum was measured for each of three levels on axial imaging. (B) Measurements of tumor thickness were made on axial slices, representing the upper, middle, and lower third of the hemithorax. These thirds were defined as follows: the upper level extends from the apex of the lung to the inferior margin of the arch of the aorta; the middle level includes the pleura between the upper and lower levels; and the lower level is pleural, including and inferior to the first image on which the left atrium is seen. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2016 11, 2089-2099DOI: (10.1016/j.jtho.2016.08.147) Copyright © 2016 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier curve for survival by the seventh edition Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and the American Joint Committee on Cancer T category in cases with T-descriptor support. Clinical staging (A) and pathological staging (B). Abbreviation: MST, median survival time. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2016 11, 2089-2099DOI: (10.1016/j.jtho.2016.08.147) Copyright © 2016 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Kaplan-Meier curve for survival by the proposed eighth edition T category in cases with T-descriptor support. Clinical staging (A), pathological staging (B), and “best” staging (C). Abbreviation: MST, median survival time. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2016 11, 2089-2099DOI: (10.1016/j.jtho.2016.08.147) Copyright © 2016 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
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