The IASLC/ITMIG thymic epithelial tumors staging project: Proposals for the N and M components for the forthcoming (8th) edition of the TNM classification of malignant tumors

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages S81-S87

  Kondo, Kazuya ^a,d   Van Schil, Paul ^a,b   Detterbeck, Frank C ^c   Okumura, Meinoshin ^d,m   Giroux, Dorothy ^e,x   Asamura, Hisao ^f,q   Crowley, John ^e   Falkson, Conrad ^g   Filosso, Pier Luigi ^h   Giaccone, Giuseppe ⁱ   Huang, James ^j   Kim, Jhingook ^k,m   Lucchi, Marco ^l   Marino, M ^m   Marom, Edith M ^c,n   Nicholson, Andrew G ^o,ah   Ruffini, Enrico ^h   Goldstraw, Peter ^d   Rami Porta, Ramón ^p   Ball, David ^r   Beer, David ^s   Beyruti, Ricardo ^t   Bolejack, Vanessa ^e   Chansky, Kari ^e   Eberhardt, Wilfried Ernst Erich ^u   Edwards, John ^v   Galateau Sallé, Françoise ^w   Gleeson, Fergus ^x   Groome, Patti ^y   Kennedy, Catherine ^z   Kingsbury, Laura ^e   Kim, Young Tae ^aa   Kondo, Haruhiko ^ab   Krasnik, Mark ^ac   Kubota, Kaoru ^ad   Lerut, Antoon ^ae   Lyons, Gustavo ^af   Van Meerbeeck, Jan ^a   Mitchell, Alan ^e   Nakano, Takashi ^ag   Nowak, Anna ^ai   Peake, Michael ^aj   Rice, Thomas ^ak   Rosenzweig, Kenneth ^al   Rusch, Valerie ^j   Saijo, Nagahiro ^f   Sculier, Jean Paul ^am   Shemanski, Lynn ^e   Stratton, Kelly ^e   Suzuki, Kenji ^an   Tachimori, Yuji ^q   Thomas, Charles F ^ao   Travis, William ^j   Tsao, Ming S ^ap   Turrisi, Andrew ^aq   Vansteenkiste, Johan ^ae   Watanabe, Hirokazu ^f   Wu, Yi Long ^ar   Baas, Paul ^as   Erasmus, Jeremy ^c   Hasegawa, Seiki ^ag   Inai, Kouki ^at   Kernstine, Kemp ^au   Kindler, Hedy ^av   Krug, Lee ^j   Nackaerts, Kristiaan ^ae   Pass, Harvey ^aw   Rice, David ^am   Blackstone, Eugene ^ak   Call Caja, S ^p   Ahmad, U ^ax   Detterbeck, F ^ax   Girard, N ^ay   Haam, Seok Jin ^az   Gomez, D R ^c   Bae, Mi Kyung ^az   Strobel P ^ba   Marx, A ^bb   Saita, S ^bc,dp   Wakelee, H ^bd   Bertolaccini, L ^be   Vallieres, E ^bf   Scott, W ^bg   Su, S ^bg   Park, B ^bh   Marks, J ^bh   Khella, S ^bi   Shen, R ^bj   Rosenberg, M ^bk,bl   Tomulescu, V ^bm   Foroulis, C ^bn   Lang Lazdunski, L ^bo   Billè, Andrea ^bo   Maessen, J G ^bp   Keijzers, M ^bp   Van Veer, H ^ae   Wright, C ^bq   Facciolo, F ^m   Palmieri, G ^br   Buonerba, C ^br   Ferguson, M ^bs   Marulli, G ^bt   Loehrer, P ^bu   Kalkat, M ^bv   Rohrberg, K ^bw   Daugaard, G ^bw   Toker, A ^bx   Erus, S ^bx   Kimmich, M ^by   Brunelli, A ^bz   Refai, M ^bz   Nicholson, A ^d   Lim, E ^d   Park, In Kyu ^ca   Wagner, J ^cb   Tieu, B ^cb   Fang, Wentao ^cc   Zhang, Jie ^cc   Yu, Zhentao ^cd   Han, Yongtao ^ce   Li, Yin ^cf   Chen, Keneng ^cg   Chen, Gang ^ch   Nagai, Kanji ^f   Fujii, Yoshitaka ^ci   Nakajima, Jun ^cj   Ikeda, Norihiko ^ck   Haraguchi, Shuji ^ad   Onuki, Takamasa ^cl   Yoshino, Ichiro ^cm   Tsuchida, Masanori ^cn   Takahashi, Shoji ^co   Yokoi, Kohei ^cp   Hanyuda, Masayuki ^cq   Niwa, Hiroshi ^cr   Date, Hiroshi ^cs   Maniwa, Yoshimasa ^ct   Miyoshi, Shinichiro ^cu   Iwasaki, Akinori ^cv   Okamoto, Tatsuro ^cw   Nagayasu, Takeshi ^cx   Tanaka, Fumihiro ^cy   Suzuki, Minoru ^cz   Yoshida, Kazuo ^da   Okuma, Yusuke ^db   Horio, Hirotoshi ^db   Matsumura, Akihide ^dc   Higashiyama, Masahiko ^dd   Suehisa, Hiroshi ^de   Onuki, Takuya ^df   Sano, Yoshifumi ^dg   Kondo, Keishi ^dh   Al Kattan, K ^di   Cerfolio, R ^dj   Gebitekin, C ^dk   Gomez De Antonio, D ^dl   Kernstine, K H ^dm   Altorki, N ^dn   Novoa, N ^do   Scarci, M ^dq   Voltolini, L ^dr   Weder, W ^ds   Zurek, Wojciech ^dt   Arame, A ^du   Casadio, C ^dv   Carbognani, P ^dw   Donati, G ^dx   Keshavjee, S ^dy   Klepetko, W ^dz   Moser, B ^dz   Lequaglie, C ^ea   Liberman, Moishe ^eb   Mancuso, M ^ec   Nosotti, M ^ed   Spaggiari, L ^ee   Thomas, P A ^ef   Rendina, E ^eg   Venuta, F ^eh   Anile, M ^eh   Schutzner J ^ei   Rocco, G ^ej   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e USA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

ⁱ GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^k Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^m REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^o ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^p HOSPITAL MÚTUA DE TERRASSA   (Spain)

^q NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^r PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^u UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^v NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^w CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^x CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^y QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^z UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^aa Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^ab KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ac GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^ad NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^ae UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^af HOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^ag HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^ah ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^aj GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^ak LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^al MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^am JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^an JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ao MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^ap PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^aq SINAI GRACE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^ar GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^as NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^at HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^au CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^av UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^aw NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ax YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^ay LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

^az Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^ba UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^bb UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^bc Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele   (Italy)

^bd STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^be S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^bf SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^bg FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^bh HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^bi PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^bj MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^bk INSTITUTO ALEXANDER FLEMING   (Argentina)

^bl Maria Ferrer Institute   (Argentina)

^bm FUNDENI CLINICAL INSTITUTE   (Romania)

^bn AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^bo GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^bp MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^bq MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^br UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^bs UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^bt UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^bu INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^bv BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^bw University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^bx Department of Medical Oncology   (Turkey)

^by Klinik Schillerhoehe Thoraxchirurgie   (Germany)

^bz OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^ca Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^cb OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^cc SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^cd TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ce SICHUAN CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^cf Henan Cancer Hospital   (China)

^cg PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^ch TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ci NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^cj UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^ck TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^cl TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^cm CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^cn NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^co SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^cp NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^cq AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^cr SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^cs KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ct KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^cu OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^cv FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^cw KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^cx NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^cy UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^cz KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^da SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^db TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^dc NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KINKI CHUO CHEST MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^dd OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^de NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION SHIKOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^df Tsuchiura Kyodo Hospital   (Japan)

^dg EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^dh HOKKAIDO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^di KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^dj UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^dk ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^dl HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^dm UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^dn WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^do HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^dp UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^dq PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^dr UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^ds UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^dt MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^du HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^dv Chirurgia Toracica   (Italy)

^dw UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^dx Aosta Hospital   (Italy)

^dy UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^dz MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^ea Thoracic Surgery   (Italy)

^eb CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^ec Ospedale di Alessandria   (Italy)

^ed Policlinico   (Italy)

^ee EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^ef AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^eg SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^eh POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^ei UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^ej NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Prognosis; Stage classification; Staging; Thymic carcinoma; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DISTANT METASTASIS; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOMA; CLASSIFICATION; METASTASIS; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL;

HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84949117731     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000291     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Detterbeck F, Asamura H, Crowley J, et al. The IASLC/ITMIG thymic malignancies staging project: development of a stage classification for thymic malignancies. J Thorac Oncol 2013;8:1467-1473.
2. Filosso P, Ruffini E, Lausi P, et al. Historical perspectives: the evolution of the thymic epithelial tumors staging system. Lung Cancer 2014;83:126-132.
3. Detterbeck F, Stratton K, Giroux D, et al. The IASLC/ITMIG thymic epithelial tumors staging project: proposal for an evidence-based stage classification system for the forthcoming (8th) edition of the TNM classification of malignant tumors. J Thor Oncol 2014;9:S65-S72.
4. Nicholson A, Detterbeck F, Marino M, et al. The IASLC/ITMIG thymnic epithelial tumors staging project: proposals for the T component for the forthcoming (8th) edition of the TNM classification of malignant tumors. J Thor Oncol 2014;9 S73-S81.
5. Bhora F, Chen D, Detterbeck F. The ITMIG/IASLC Thymic Epithelial Tumors Staging Project: A Proposed Lymph Node Map for Thymic Epithelial Tumors in the Forthcoming 8th Edition of the TNM Classification for Malignant Tumors. J Thor Oncol 2014;9 S90-S98.
6. Kondo K, Monden Y. Lymphogenous and hematogenous metastasis of thymic epithelial tumors. Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:1859-1864.
7. Kondo K. Tumor-node metastasis staging system for thymic epithelial tumors. J Thorac Oncol 2010;5:S352-S356.
8. Detterbeck FC, Moran C, Huang J, et al. Which way is up? Policies and procedures for surgeons and pathologists regarding resection specimens of thymic malignancy. J Thorac Oncol 2011;6(7 Suppl 3):S1730-S1738.
9. Park IK, Kim YT, Jeon JH, et al. Importance of lymph node dissection in thymic carcinoma. Ann Thorac Surg 2013;96:1025-1032.
10. Detterbeck F, Nicholson A, Kondo K, et al. The Masaoka-Koga stage classification for thymic malignancies: clarification and definition of terms. J Thorac Oncol 2011;6:S1710-S1716.
11. Tsuchiya R, Koga K, Matsuno Y, et al. Thymic carcinoma: proposal for pathological TNM and staging. Pathol Int 1994;44:505-512.
12. Yamakawa Y, Masaoka A, Hashimoto T, et al. A tentative tumor-nodemetastasis classification of thymoma. Cancer 1991;68:1984-1987.
13. Bedini AV, Andreani SM, Tavecchio L, et al. Proposal of a novel system for the staging of thymic epithelial tumors. Ann Thorac Surg 2005; 80:1994-2000.
14. Travis WD, Brambilla E, Muller-Hermelink H, et al. Pathology and genetics of tumors of the lung, pleura, thymus and heart. InKleihues P, Sobin L (Eds.), WHO Classification of Tumors. Lyon: IARC Press, 2004. Pp. 145-197.
15. Weissferdt A, Moran CA. Thymic carcinoma, part 2: a clinicopathologic correlation of 33 cases with a proposed staging system. Am J Clin Pathol 2012;138:115-121.