|||
Methods: A worldwide collective database of 11,347 patients with thymic epithelial tumors was assembled. Analysis was performed on 9147 patients with available survival data. Overall survival, freedom-from-recurrence, and cumulative incidence of recurrence were used as outcome measures. Analysis was performed separately for thymomas, thymic carcinomas, and neuroendocrine thymic tumors.
Results: Proposals for the T categories include the following: T1 category is divided into T1a (≤5 cm) and T1b (>5 cm), irrespective of mediastinal pleura invasion; T2 includes direct invasion of the pericardium, lung, or phrenic nerve; T3 denotes direct invasion of the brachiocephalic vein, superior vena cava, chest wall, or extrapericardial pulmonary arteries and veins; and T4 category remains the same as in the eighth edition classification, involving direct invasion of the aorta and arch vessels, intrapericardial pulmonary arteries and veins, myocardium, trachea, or esophagus.
Conclusions: The proposed T categories for the ninth edition of the TNM classification provide good discrimination in outcome for the T component of the TNM-based stage system of thymic epithelial tumors.
引用:Okumura M, Marino M, Cilento V, Goren E, Ruffini E, Dibaba D, Ahmad U, Appel S, Bille A, Boubia S, Brambilla C, Cangir AK, Detterbeck F, Falkson C, Fang W, Filosso PL, Giaccone G, Girard N, Guerrera F, Huang J, Infante M, Kim DK, Lucchi M, Marom EM, Nicholson AG, Rami-Porta R, Rimner A, Simone CB 2nd, Asamura H; Members of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee and of the Advisory Boards and Participating Institutions. The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Thymic Epithelial Tumor Staging Project: Proposal for the T Component for the Forthcoming (Ninth) Edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors. J Thorac Oncol. 2023 Aug 25:S1556-0864(23)00751-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2023.08.024. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37634808.