The eighth edition of TNM in lung cancer: descriptor T evaluation

Authors

  • Miguel Emilio García Rodríguez Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey
  • Bárbaro Agustín Armas Pérez
  • Raúl Koelig Padrón
  • Karina Armas Moredo

Abstract

Background: The universally accepted TNM cancer staging system (tumor, nodes, metastasis) was created with the purpose of offering quality assistance to patients with cancer, establishing prognoses, improving research, and assessing the disease entity in groups of ill patients.
Objective: to communicate the proposal of T descriptor´s classification in the eight edition of the TNM.
Methods: A search in Pubmed, Scielo, Redalycs databases was carried out using the following descriptors: staging, TNM, lung cancer.
Results: It was possible to determine that from one to five cms, each cm separates the tumors regarding patients’ prognosis and the size of the tumor.
Conclusions: Lung cancer anatomical extension was described by TNM classification system. The latter makes the former remain as the most important prognosis factor, based on the tumor´s characteristics, diagnostic methods and treatment strategies. This system is subject to constant revision.
DeCS:NEOPLASM GRADING; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROGNOSIS.

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2016-04-26

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García Rodríguez ME, Armas Pérez BA, Koelig Padrón R, Armas Moredo K. The eighth edition of TNM in lung cancer: descriptor T evaluation. Arch méd Camagüey [Internet]. 2016 Apr. 26 [cited 2025 Sep. 3];20(2):118-22. Available from: https://revistaamc.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/4144

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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2016)

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Brief Communications

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