Comparison of seventh TNM and eighth TNM staging system in stage III non –small cell lung cancer patients treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy

Stage classification of a cancer is important as it provides a nomenclature for description and grouping of the patients and helping clinicians for selecting treatment options and predicting the probable outcomes. It enables the comparison and classification of patients with different size and extent of disease. TNM classification is used for staging of lung cancer, according to the definitions regarding primary tumor for T, nodal stations for N, and metastatic lesions for M.1 The eighth edition of TNM lung cancer staging and proposals has been introduced in 2015 and implemented through January 2017 in countries beside United States of America.
Source: Current Problems in Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Source Type: research