2024
International reproducibility study of thymic epithelial tumors staging: pT stage is an issue. proposals for improvement. A RYTHMIC/ITMIG study
Molina T, Roden A, Szolkowska M, Shimizu S, Moreira A, Chalabreysse L, Besse B, de Montpréville V, Marom E, Detterbeck F, Girard N, Nicholson A, Marx A. International reproducibility study of thymic epithelial tumors staging: pT stage is an issue. proposals for improvement. A RYTHMIC/ITMIG study. Lung Cancer 2024, 189: 107479. PMID: 38306885, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2024.107479.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThymic epithelial tumorsInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest GroupPT stageTNM classificationMediastinal pleuraInternational panel of pathologistsPathological tumor stagePanel of pathologistsCohort of casesEpithelial tumorsTumor stageTNM systemInterobserver reproducibilityAncillary testsExpert pathologistsPleuraValidation seriesTNMPathologistsLungPericardiumInternational panelPotential interventionsInternational levelTumor
2019
The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Thymic Tumors Staging Project: The Impact of the Eighth Edition of the Union for International Cancer Control and American Joint Committee on Cancer TNM Stage Classification of Thymic Tumors
Ruffini E, Fang W, Guerrera F, Huang J, Okumura M, Kim DK, Girard N, Billè A, Boubia S, Cangir AK, Detterbeck F, Falkson C, Filosso PL, Giaccone G, Kondo K, Infante M, Lucchi M, Marino M, Marom EM, Nicholson AG, Rimner A, Rami-Porta R, Asamura H, Committee S, Subcommittee S, Subcommittees S, Boards M. The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Thymic Tumors Staging Project: The Impact of the Eighth Edition of the Union for International Cancer Control and American Joint Committee on Cancer TNM Stage Classification of Thymic Tumors. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2019, 15: 436-447. PMID: 31783179, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.11.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTNM stage classificationAmerican Joint CommitteeThymic tumorsStaging systemT categoryN categoryJoint CommitteeInternational Cancer Control/American Joint CommitteeMasaoka-Koga staging systemMediastinal pleural involvementLymph node dissectionWeb-based cross-sectional surveyLung cancer stagingInternational Cancer ControlCross-sectional surveyNode dissectionPleural involvementThymic carcinomaTNM classificationTNM systemCancer controlCancer stagingThoracic communityWeb-based questionnaireStage classification