2016
The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for Coding T Categories for Subsolid Nodules and Assessment of Tumor Size in Part-Solid Tumors in the Forthcoming Eighth Edition of the TNM Classification of Lung Cancer
Travis WD, Asamura H, Bankier AA, Beasley MB, Detterbeck F, Flieder DB, Goo JM, MacMahon H, Naidich D, Nicholson AG, Powell CA, Prokop M, Rami-Porta R, Rusch V, van Schil P, Yatabe Y, Members I, Goldstraw P, Rami-Porta R, Asamura H, Ball D, Beer D, Beyruti R, Bolejack V, Chansky K, Crowley J, Detterbeck F, Eberhardt W, Edwards J, Galateau-Sallé F, Giroux D, Gleeson F, Groome P, Huang J, Kennedy C, Kim J, Kim Y, Kingsbury L, Kondo H, Krasnik M, Kubota K, Lerut A, Lyons G, Marino M, Marom E, van Meerbeeck J, Mitchell A, Nakano T, Nicholson A, Nowak A, Peake M, Rice T, Rosenzweig K, Ruffini E, Rusch V, Saijo N, Van Schil P, Sculier J, Shemanski L, Stratton K, Suzuki K, Tachimori Y, Thomas C, Travis W, Tsao M, Turrisi A, Vansteenkiste J, Watanabe H, Wu Y, Baas P, Erasmus J, Hasegawa S, Inai K, Kernstine K, Kindler H, Krug L, Nackaerts K, Pass H, Rice D, Falkson C, Filosso P, Giaccone G, Kondo K, Lucchi M, Okumura M, Blackstone E. The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for Coding T Categories for Subsolid Nodules and Assessment of Tumor Size in Part-Solid Tumors in the Forthcoming Eighth Edition of the TNM Classification of Lung Cancer. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2016, 11: 1204-1223. PMID: 27107787, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2016.03.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPart-solid tumorsLepidic predominant adenocarcinomaTumor sizeLung cancerInternational Cancer Control tumorEighth editionWorld Health Organization classificationIASLC Lung Cancer Staging ProjectLung Cancer Staging ProjectForthcoming Eighth EditionNonmucinous lung adenocarcinomasPrimary tumor categoryComputed tomography findingsInvasive mucinous adenocarcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaGround-glass componentInvasive sizeTomography findingsClinical stagingMucinous adenocarcinomaPathologic evaluationResected specimensTNM classificationCell carcinomaMetastasis classification
2015
The 2015 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Thymus: Continuity and Changes
Marx A, Chan JK, Coindre JM, Detterbeck F, Girard N, Harris NL, Jaffe ES, Kurrer MO, Marom EM, Moreira AL, Mukai K, Orazi A, Ströbel P. The 2015 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Thymus: Continuity and Changes. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2015, 10: 1383-1395. PMID: 26295375, PMCID: PMC4581965, DOI: 10.1097/jto.0000000000000654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWorld Health Organization classificationThymic epithelial tumorsOrganization classificationEpithelial tumorsThymic squamous cell carcinomaPositron emission tomography/Squamous cell carcinomaGerm cell tumorsNew tumor entityEmission tomography/Soft tissue tumorsClassification of tumorsDendritic cellsMediastinal lymphomaThymic tumorsCell carcinomaCell tumorsThoracic surgeryTomography/Therapeutic decisionsThymus sectionsMyeloid neoplasmsTumor entitiesDiagnostic criteriaClinical relevance
2014
ITMIG Consensus Statement on the Use of the WHO Histological Classification of Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma: Refined Definitions, Histological Criteria, and Reporting
Marx A, Ströbel P, Badve SS, Chalabreysse L, Chan JK, Chen G, de Leval L, Detterbeck F, Girard N, Huang J, Kurrer MO, Lauriola L, Marino M, Matsuno Y, Molina TJ, Mukai K, Nicholson AG, Nonaka D, Rieker R, Rosai J, Ruffini E, Travis WD. ITMIG Consensus Statement on the Use of the WHO Histological Classification of Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma: Refined Definitions, Histological Criteria, and Reporting. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2014, 9: 596-611. PMID: 24722150, DOI: 10.1097/jto.0000000000000154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThymic carcinomaThymic epithelial tumorsB3 thymomaEpithelial tumorsInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest GroupWorld Health Organization classificationPoor interobserver reproducibilityHistological patternOrganization classificationConsensus statementHistological classificationHistological criteriaThymoma subtypesThymomaAtypical typeGrading systemInterobserver reproducibilityTumorsCarcinomaReproducibility studyRefined criteriaMorphological overlapSubtypesVariable proportions
2011
Management of Thymic Tumors: A Survey of Current Practice among Members of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Ruffini E, Van Raemdonck D, Detterbeck F, Rocco G, Thomas P, Venuta F, Group T. Management of Thymic Tumors: A Survey of Current Practice among Members of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2011, 6: 614-623. PMID: 21266921, DOI: 10.1097/jto.0b013e318207cd74.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThymic tumorsPreoperative assessmentTomography scanThoracic surgeonsPositron emission tomography scanWorld Health Organization classificationRole of surgeryStage IVA thymomaEuropean SocietyEmission tomography scanManagement of thymomasESTS membersReliable staging systemType C thymomasAreas of controversyIVA thymomaExtrapleural pneumonectomyExtended resectionRecurrent diseasePostoperative treatmentThymic malignanciesHistologic confirmationStaging systemOrganization classificationObservational study