title: Staging classification of lung cancer. A critical evaluation.
abstract: The International System for Staging Lung Cancer has been validated as a prognostic index and questioned regarding the implications of factors that require further study. As technology for evaluating the anatomic extent of disease is increasingly refined, the accuracy of clinical staging is greatly improved and provides a major benefit for individualized treatment selection. Advancing knowledge of the origin and development of lung tumors presents the challenge of appropriate integration of this body of science into clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California, USA. cmountain@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Clifton F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Mountain
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor