The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Lung Cancer Staging Project

Nodal status is considered to be one of the most reliable indicators of the prognosis in patients with lung cancer and thus is indispensable in determining the optimal therapeutic options. We sought to determine whether the current nodal (N) descriptors should be maintained or revised for the next edition (8th) of the International Lung Cancer Staging System.The new International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer lung cancer database was...