The TNM classification of lung cancer-a historic perspective.

ABSTRACT: Developed by Pierre F. Denoix in the mid-20th century as a clinical classification of anatomic tumour extent, the tumour, node, and metastasis (TNM) classification was adopted by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC). The first lung cancer classification was published as a brochure in 1966 by the UICC, and 2 years later, the UICC published the first edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours, which was followed 9 years later by the first edition of the AJCC Manual for Staging of Cancer. The 2^nd to 6^th editions of the lung cancer classification were based on a North American database managed by Clifton F. Mountain, who also introduced the pathologic classification for tumours underg

SUBMITTER: Rami-Porta R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11635265 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature