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The IASLC Mesothelioma Staging Project: Proposals for Revisions of the T Descriptors in the Forthcoming Eighth Edition of the TNM Classification for Pleural Mesothelioma
Journal of Thoracic Oncology
Vol. 11Issue 12p2089–2099Published online: September 26, 2016
- Anna K. Nowak
- Kari Chansky
- David C. Rice
- Harvey I. Pass
- Hedy L. Kindler
- Lynn Shemanski
- and others
Cited in Scopus: 113
The current T component for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) has been predominantly informed by surgical data sets and consensus. The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer undertook revision of the seventh edition of the staging system for MPM with the goal of developing recommendations for the eighth edition.