Out with the old – advancements and shortcomings of the updated 9th edition of the Tumor, Node, Metastasis (TNM) classification system for lung cancer
TNM-9 improves prognostic accuracy in lung cancer. Although patients with multiple extrathoracic metastases involving different organ systems are not yet independently staged from IVB, they demonstrated significantly poorer OS compared to other advanced-stage patients.
Authors
- Cláudia Freitas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7162-414X)
- Gabriela Fernandes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3549-0770)
- Rui Campos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9419-6670)
- Carolina Valente
- Pedro Magalhães Ferreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3986-2997)
- Hélder Novais Bastos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1412-4202)
- Joana Ferreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3177-6672)
- David Araújo
- Catarina Sousa
- Adriana Magalhães
Institutions
- Universidade do Porto (PT)
- Hospital de São João (PT)
- Centro Hospitalar do Porto (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
- Published
- 2025-06-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20250022
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52