Validation of the 9th edition of the TNM staging system for non-small cell lung cancer with lobectomy in stage IA-IIIA.

Rang-Rang WangMing-Jun LiQiao PengZhi-Ye HuangLei-Lei WuDong Xie

Published in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2024)

Our external validation demonstrates that the 9th edition of TNM staging for NSCLC is reasonable and valid. The 9th edition of TNM staging for NSCLC has near-identical prognostic accuracy to the 8th edition.

Keyphrases

lymph node
small cell lung cancer
pet ct
advanced non small cell lung cancer
tyrosine kinase