The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Staging Project for Lung Cancer: Proposals for the Revision of the M Descriptors in the Forthcoming Ninth Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer
Fong K, Rosenthal A, Giroux D, Nishimura K, Erasmus J, Lievens Y, Marino M, Marom E, Putora P, Singh N, Suárez F, Rami-Porta R, Detterbeck F, Eberhardt W, Asamura H, Members of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee M. The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Staging Project for Lung Cancer: Proposals for the Revision of the M Descriptors in the Forthcoming Ninth Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2024, 19: 786-802. PMID: 38320664, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2024.01.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchM1c patientsClassification of non-small cell lung cancerNon-small cell lung cancerLung Cancer Staging ProjectMultivariable-adjusted Cox proportional hazards regressionKaplan-Meier methodCell lung cancerCox proportional hazards regressionOrgan systemsProportional hazards regressionM1b categoryM1c categoryMetastatic categoriesMultiple metastasesMetastatic lesionsOverall survivalTNM classificationCurrent tumorLung cancerM categoryHazards regressionM descriptorsDecreased prognosisPotential confoundersMetastasis