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.

J Thorac Oncol

*Thoracic Surgery, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan; †Thoracic Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium; ‡Thoracic Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT; §Thoracic Surgery, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan; ‖Biostatistics, Cancer Research And Biostatistics, Seattle, WA; ¶Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; #Radiation Oncology, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada; **Thoracic Surgery, University of Torino, Torino, Italy; ††Medical Oncology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC; ‡‡Thoracic Surgery, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; §§Thoracic Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea; ‖‖Thoracic Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; ¶¶Pathology, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy; ##Radiology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; ***Pathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.

Published: September 2014