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ArticleCancers2021

Validation of the T Descriptor (TNM-8) in T3N0 Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients; a Bicentric Cohort Analysis with Arguments for Redefinition.

Philip Baum, Samantha Taber, Stella Erdmann, Thomas Muley, Mark Kriegsmann, Petros Christopoulos, Michael Thomas, Hauke Winter, Joachim Pfannschmidt, Martin E Eichhorn

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Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Philip BaumDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University Hospital, Roentgenstrasse 1, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1091-0548
Samantha TaberDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Heckeshorn Lung Clinic, Helios Klinikum Emil von Behring, Walterhöferstraße 11, 14165 Berlin, Germany.
Stella ErdmannInstitute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0217-316X
Thomas MuleyTranslational Research Unit, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Mark KriegsmannTranslational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7319-3646
Petros ChristopoulosTranslational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7966-8980
Michael ThomasTranslational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9511-055X
Hauke WinterDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University Hospital, Roentgenstrasse 1, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany.
Joachim PfannschmidtDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Heckeshorn Lung Clinic, Helios Klinikum Emil von Behring, Walterhöferstraße 11, 14165 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6779-1826
Martin E EichhornDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University Hospital, Roentgenstrasse 1, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany.
Heidelberg University · DEHelios Klinikum Emil von Behring · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current pT3N0 category represents a heterogeneous subgroup involving tumor size, separate tumor nodes in one lobe, and locoregional growth pattern. We aim to validate outcomes according to the eighth edition of the TNM staging classification. A total of 281 patients who had undergone curative lung cancer surgery staged with TNM-7 in two German centers were retrospectively analyzed. The subtypes tumor size >7 cm and multiple nodules were grouped as T3a, and the subtypes parietal pleura invasion and mixed were grouped as T3b. We stratified survival by subtype and investigated the relative benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy according to subtype. The 5-year overall survival (OS) rates differed between the different subtypes tumor diameter >7 cm (71.5%), multiple nodules in one lobe (71.0%) (grouped as T3a), parietal pleura invasion (59.%), and mixed subtype (5-year OS 50.3%) (grouped as T3b), respectively. The cohort as a whole did not gain significant OS benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy. In contrast, adjuvant chemotherapy significantly improved OS in the T3b subgroup (logrank

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chemotherapyIASLClung cancersurgerysurvivalT3N0TNM

Identifiers

PMID33920161
PMCPMC8068959
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