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- The 25th Lung Cancer Workshop -
Revision of the General Rule for Surgical Record of Lung Cancer
Kohei Yokoi11Division of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
In 2009, the "Staging Manual in Thoracic Oncology" was published by International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, and the "TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours, 7th edition" was also issued by the International Union Against Cancer. "The General Rule for Clinical and Pathological Record of Lung Cancer" in Japan was revised based on the above two hand-books. In the 7th edition, part of the "General Rule for Surgical Record of Lung Cancer" was also altered. The main revised points were as follows: 1) representations and definitions of visceral pleural invasion, 2) recommendation of pleural lavage cytology, 3) representations and definitions of separate tumor nodule (s), 4) nodal definitions, 5) adoption of residual tumor (R) classification for evaluation of the completeness of surgical therapy. Data recorded based on the revised rules could provide useful information for the future revisions of the TNM classification.
key words: Lung cancer, General Rule for Clinical and Pathological Record of Lung Cancer, General Rule for Surgical Record of Lung Cancer, TNM classification, 7th edition
JJLC 52 (1): 68-71, 2012
