The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for the Revision of the T Descriptors in the Forthcoming (Seventh) Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer
Ramón Rami-Porta, MD, David Ball, MD, FRANZCR, John Crowley, PhD, Dorothy J. Giroux, MS, James Jett, MD, William D. Travis, MD, Masahiro Tsuboi, MD, Eric

Vallières, MD, and Peter Goldstraw, MB, FRCS on behalf of the International Staging Committee, a; Cancer Research and Biostatistics, b; Observers to the Committee, c; and Participating Institutions d
Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Volume 2, Number 7, July 2007

The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for the Revision of the N Descriptors in the Forthcoming Seventh Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer
Valerie W. Rusch, MD, John Crowley, PhD, Dorothy J. Giroux, MS, Peter Goldstraw, MD, Jung-Gi Im, MD, Masahiro Tsuboi, MD, Ryosuke Tsuchiya, MD, and Johan Vansteenkiste, MD, on behalf of the International Staging Committee,a Cancer Research and Biostatistics,b Observers to the Committee,c and Participating Institutions d
Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Volume 2, Number 7, July 2007

The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for Revision of the M Descriptors in the Forthcoming (Seventh) Edition of the TNM Classification of Lung Cancer
Pieter E. Postmus, MD, PhD, Elisabeth Brambilla, MD, PhD, Kari Chansky, MS, John Crowley, PhD, Peter Goldstraw, MB, FRCS, Edward F. Patz, Jr, MD, and Hiroyasu

Yokomise, MD on behalf of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer International Staging Committee,a Cancer Research and Biostatistics,b Observers to the Committee,c and Participating Institutionsd
Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Volume 2, Number 8, August 2007

The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for the Revision of the TNM Stage Groupings in the Forthcoming (Seventh) Edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours
Peter Goldstraw, FRCS,* John Crowley, PhD,† Kari Chansky, MS,† Dorothy J. Giroux, MSc,† Patti A. Groome, PhD,‡ Ramon Rami-Porta, MD,§ Pieter E. Postmus,

PhD,

Valerie Rusch, MD,¶ and Leslie Sobin, MD,# on behalf of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
International Staging Committee and Participating Institutions
Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Volume 2, Number 8, August 2007

Applicability of the revised International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer staging system to operable non-small-cell lung cancers
Makoto Suzuki*, Shigetoshi Yoshida, Hajime Tamura, Hironobu Wada, Yasumitsu Moriya, Hidehisa Hoshino, Kiyoshi Shibuya, Ichiro Yoshino
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 36 (2009) 1031—1036

A prospective audit evaluating the role of video-assisted cervical mediastinoscopy (VAM) as a training tool
A.E. Martin-Ucar, G.K. Chetty, R. Vaughan and D.A. Waller
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004;26:393-395
http://ejcts.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/26/2/393

The Beginning of the End of Mediastinoscopy?
Dennis A. Wigle, MD, PhD
Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Volume 3, Number 6, June 2008

Mediastinoscopy: A Method for Inspection and Tissue Biopsy in the Superior Mediastinum
E. Carlens
Dis Chest 1959;36;343-352

Comparison of Endobronchial Ultrasound, Positron Emission Tomography, and CT for Lymph Node Staging of Lung Cancer
Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Takahiro Nakajima, Ken Motoori, Yasuo Sekine, Kiyoshi Shibuya, Kenzo Hiroshima and Takehiko Fujisawa
Chest 2006;130;710-718

Diagnosis of Mediastinal Adenopathy—Real-Time Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Needle Aspiration versus Mediastinoscopy
Armin Ernst, MD, FCCP,*† Devanand Anantham, MRCP,‡ Ralf Eberhardt, MD,† Mark Krasnik, MD,§ and Felix J. F. Herth, MD, FCCP†
Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Volume 3, Number 6, June 2008

Endobronchial ultrasound and value of PET for prediction of pathological results of mediastinal hot spots in lung cancer patients
Olivier Bauwens, Michelle Dusart, Philippe Pierard, Jean Faber, Thierry Prigogine, Bernard Duysinx, Bich Nguyen, Marianne Paesmans, Jean-Paul Sculier, Vincent Ninane
Lung Cancer (2008) 61, 356—361

Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Staging of Suspected Lung Cancer
Michael B. Wallace; Jorge M. S. Pascual; Massimo Raimondo; et al.
JAMA. 2008;299(5):540-546 (doi:10.1001/jama.299.5.540)
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/299/5/540

Mediastinal staging procedures in lung cancer: EBUS, TBNA and mediastinoscopy
Andrew R.L. Medford, Jonathan A. Bennett, Catherine M. Free and Sanjay Agrawal
Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 15:334–342

ESTS guidelines for preoperative lymph node staging for non-small cell lung cancer
Paul De Leyn a,*, Didier Lardinois b, Paul E. Van Schil c, Ramon Rami-Porta d, Bernward Passlick e, Marcin Zielinski f, David A. Waller g, Tony Lerut a, Walter Weder b
European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 32 (2007) 1—8

Pattern and predictors of occult mediastinal lymph node involvement in non-small cell lung cancer patients with negative mediastinal uptake on positron emission tomography
Nael Al-Sarraf, Rashid Aziz, Kathy Gately, Julie Lucey, Lorraine Wilson, Eillish McGovern and Vincent Young
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:104-109

Extended Mediastinoscopic Examination at the Right Hilum
Chang Chen, MD, and Yi-ming Zhou, MD
Ann Thorac Surg 2008;86:1704–6

Cervical Mediastinoscopy Versus Computed Tomography for Detecting Enlarged Mediastinal Lymph Nodes in Non-Cancerous Lung Diseases
Aydin Sanli, Ahmet Onen, Atila Akkoclu et al
Surg Today (2008) 38:1–4

Value of FDG PET in the management of NSCLC
D. Ukena, D. Hellwig
Lung Cancer 45 Suppl. 2 (2004) S75–S78

Routine Mediastinoscopy and Esophageal Ultrasound Fine-Needle Aspiration in Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Who Are Clinically N2 Negative: A Prospective Study
Robert James Cerfolio, Ayesha S. Bryant and Mohamad A. Eloubeidi
Chest 2006;130;1791-1795
http://chestjournal.org/cgi/content/abstract/130/6/1791

Accuracy of transbronchial needle aspiration for mediastinal staging of non-small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis
J-E C Holty, W G Kuschner and M K Gould
Thorax 2005;60;949-955; originally published online 30 Jun 2005

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
International Staging Project on Lung Cancer
Peter Goldstraw, MB, FRCS, and John J. Crowley, PhD on behalf of the IASLC International Staging Project
Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Volume 1, Number 4, May 2006