The IASLC Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee has collected a new database of
94,708 cases donated from 35 sources in 16 countries around the globe. This has now been …

Introduction Revisions to the TNM stage classifications for lung cancer, informed by the
international database (N = 94,708) of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (…

Introduction Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is commonly classified as either limited or extensive,
but the Union for International Cancer Control TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours …

Introduction Stage classification provides a consistent language to describe the anatomic
extent of disease and is therefore a critical tool in caring for patients. The Staging and …

Introduction Patients with lung cancer who harbor multiple pulmonary sites of disease have
been challenging to classify; a subcommittee of the International Association for the Study of …

The aim of the study was to assess the effect of residential radon exposure on the risk of
lung cancer in never-smokers and to ascertain if environmental tobacco smoke modifies the …

Introduction Separate tumor nodules with the same histologic appearance occur in the lungs
in a small proportion of patients with primary lung cancer. This article addresses how such …

Background Using a pooled case-control study design, including only never-smokers, we
have assessed the association of residential radon exposure with the subsequent occurrence …

Background Through a pooled case-control study design, we have assessed the relationship
between residential radon exposure and lung cancer risk. Other objectives of the study …

Lung cancer (LC) is a serious health problem due to its high incidence and mortality. Surgery
is the most effective therapeutic strategy in this type of tumor, but in recent years new drugs …