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  • Expert Commentary on the Clinical and Surgical Implications of VPI in NSCLC

    Expert Commentary on the Clinical and Surgical Implications of VPI in NSCLC

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    Ramón Rami-Porta, MD, PhD
    Early Stage, Staging, Surgical Oncology

    Dr. Ramón Rami-Porta offers a surgical perspective on the secondary analysis of the CALGB 140503 trial and discusses what, if any, influence the data will have on staging guidelines.


  • Challenging the Smoking Status Quo: Making the Case for Non-Anatomical Factors to Refine Lung Cancer Staging

    Challenging the Smoking Status Quo: Making the Case for Non-Anatomical Factors to Refine Lung Cancer Staging

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    Haleigh Behrman
    Early Detection & Screening, Staging, WCLC News

    Using the IASLC 9th Edition Staging Database, Dr. Lawson Eng and colleagues evaluated the association between smoking status at diagnosis and OS.


  • New Nodal Descriptor Classification Potentially Better at Differentiating Patients

    New Nodal Descriptor Classification Potentially Better at Differentiating Patients

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    Staging

    The IASLC’s proposed new classification of N descriptor is potentially better at differentiating patients with lung cancer into different stages, according to the results of a study presented during the mini oral session, “MA09: Prognosis and Staging,” held on Sunday.  According to a presentation by Dariusz Dziedzic, MD, National Research Institute of Chest Diseases, Warsaw, Poland,…