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A problem with clinical T factor in the 8th TNM edition: Prognosis and EGFR mutation status of small sized lung cancers with difficulty to measure the diameter of solid component in part-solid tumor.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Oct 2023
Matsunaga Takeshi, Suzuki Kenji, Hattori Aritoshi, Fukui Mariko, Hayashi Takuo, Takamochi Kazuya
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OBJECTIVE: Clinical T factors in the 8th TNM classification of lung cancer have a practical problem. In some cases, it is difficult to measure the size of the solid components in part-solid tumors, and the classification of these tumors is controversial. METHODS: We evaluated 590 resected cT1N0M0 stage IA non-small-cell lung cancers based on the 7th edition between 2009 and 2012. Tumor and solid component...
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