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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Lung Cancer Staging: Imaging and Potential Pitfalls.

Lauren T Erasmus, Taylor A Strange, Rishi Agrawal, Chad D Strange, Jitesh Ahuja, Girish S Shroff, Mylene T Truong

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lauren T ErasmusDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.ORCID 0009-0009-7908-5572
Taylor A StrangeDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Rishi AgrawalDepartment of Thoracic Radiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Chad D StrangeDepartment of Thoracic Radiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Jitesh AhujaDepartment of Thoracic Radiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4446-9399
Girish S ShroffDepartment of Thoracic Radiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Mylene T TruongDepartment of Thoracic Radiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9795-529X
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USMcGill University · CAThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in men and women in the United States. Accurate staging is needed to determine prognosis and devise effective treatment plans. The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) has made multiple revisions to the tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) staging system used by the Union for International Cancer Control and the American Joint Committee on Cancer to stage lung cancer. The eighth edition of this staging system includes modifications to the T classification with cut points of 1 cm increments in tumor size, grouping of lung cancers associated with partial or complete lung atelectasis or pneumonitis, grouping of tumors with involvement of a main bronchus regardless of distance from the carina, and upstaging of diaphragmatic invasion to T4. The N classification describes the spread to regional lymph nodes and no changes were proposed for TNM-8. In the M classification, metastatic disease is divided into intra- versus extrathoracic metastasis, and single versus multiple metastases. In order to optimize patient outcomes, it is important to understand the nuances of the TNM staging system, the strengths and weaknesses of various imaging modalities used in lung cancer staging, and potential pitfalls in image interpretation.

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CTlung cancerPET/CTstagingTNM

Identifiers

PMID37958255
PMCPMC10649001
OpenAlexW4388128719

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