title: The new international staging system for lung cancer. Evolution of the system and concerned remarks.
abstract: The rationale of the Staging System of Lung Cancer is discussed from his presentation (Mountain, 1985) to the recent revision and proposals of new classifications. Survival rates offered a strong statistical support to the latest revision in 1997. Stage Group have become 7 out of Stage 0 (Tis). In the New Lymph Node Map, station 4 is confirmed as mediastinal (N2). The improved definition of Stage Grouping requires a golden standard of staging and a worldwide consensus on the surgical approach to mediastinal lymphadenectomy. IASLC, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, is now moving to collect a new largest database with the aim to offer the next expected Revision.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, University of Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Motta
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Spinelli
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Nahum
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Testa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carbone
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Flocchini
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging